The US Air Force wants a new load aircraft , a pressurized plane equal to of carrying 65,000 pounds for 1,500 marine miles without refueling . They call it the Speed Agile Concept Demonstrator — it ’s supposed to travel at a minimal Mach .8 at 30,000 - feet — but they may as well have called it the UD-4L Dropship , because it looks like the Colonial Marines ’ Cheyenne in Aliens . Boeing is going to get a mere $ 7.5 K to work out on it to get the technology ready for 2010 — which does n’t intend receive the airplane by then , just the pretty drawings for us to post about . [ Defense Tech ]
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