9/20/2004: New stealthy fighter prototype [er, movie set]

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xoxoxoBruce sends this along. His correspondent says

I had not heard about this aircraft. Looks like Joint Strike Fighter competition. The plane in these pictures is air vehicle number 1, a prototype on board the USS Washington for catapult fit checks. Not yet made public, the F/A-37 is a super cruise stealth fighter/bomber/interceptor with a 4000nm range. Top speed is classified, some where in the Mach 4 plus range. Awesome! Also, there is no phase interval for this plane. It has a 10,000 hour life airframe and engines that require replacement only at failure or signs of trouble. Notice: There's a lady in the cockpit.

I've reduced the image size for these, but you can click on them to see the original larger-size images. (Yeah, I wish I had the time to do that every time for IotD.)