American military industrial corporation Northrop Grumman The first real photo of the XRQ-73 drone has been released. Previously revealed images were only visualizations of the design of the future device. The new photo confirms the fact that the XRQ-73 drone is in production.

In the published picture XRQ-73 It features a flying wing design that emphasizes minimizing radar and visual signatures and features an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

The XRQ-73 drone is externally similar to a number of already existing devices – for example, the RQ-170 Sentinel from the Skunk Works division of the American military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin. But the XRQ-73 received a double air intake instead of a single air intake in the upper part of the central fuselage section. The first flight of the XRQ-73 is expected to take place at the end of this year.