Lockheed Martin’s TR-X high-altitude UAV needs 10 years and $3.8 billion to develop

A stealthy unmanned high-altitude, single-engined tactical reconnaissance aircraft proposed by Lockheed Martin would require 10 years and cost approximately $3.8 billion to develop, the company concedes.

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Skunk Works U-2 business development manager Scott Winstead said the TR-X will cannibalized hardware from the RQ-4 and U-2 to keep costs down and merge two platforms into one.