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What became of the American multipurpose flying-wing drone?

It was redirected into an aerial tanker, with little visible progress over roughly five years according to the reply.

Question

What happened to the US Navy's multipurpose flying-wing drone programme?

Short answer

It was redirected into an aerial tanker, with little visible progress over roughly five years according to the reply.

Notes

The multipurpose flying-wing project is described as having been redirected into an aerial-tanker programme. Progress over the preceding five years is judged to have been barely visible. The programme is not named in the exchange, and that impression does not establish that development stopped.