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Realisticnames - Add XQ-47B name#11232

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    so like this isn't confirmed but there's a metric crap ton of imagery of the RQ-180 online that you can find that looks precisely like the UCAV. UCAV was based off the X-47B however which was Northrop Grumman's trial aircraft that (almost certainly) was the baseline for the RQ-180.

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I have found less than 10 images that resemble this (and believe all of those are images of the X-47B) when searching for images of the RQ-180, all others were significantly different. I fully agree it looks like the X-47B though.
Winspan of the X-47B is about 19 m, which it is in-game, whereas the RQ-180 is supposedly much bigger.
Imo this should be called X-47B if anything.

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I have found less than 10 images that resemble this (and believe all of those are images of the X-47B) when searching for images of the RQ-180, all others were significantly different. I fully agree it looks like the X-47B though. Winspan of the X-47B is about 19 m, which it is in-game, whereas the RQ-180 is supposedly much bigger. Imo this should be called X-47B if anything.

Yeah, my only problem with naming it after the X-47B is that it's an experimental aircraft that doesn't even have a Q in it so it's unclear it's a drone (vs UCAV sentinel, RQ-180 etc etc). If that's just a case of me being overly nitpicky though I can change it

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Yeah, my only problem with naming it after the X-47B is that it's an experimental aircraft that doesn't even have a Q in it so it's unclear it's a drone (vs UCAV sentinel, RQ-180 etc etc). If that's just a case of me being overly nitpicky though I can change it

Maybe we could invent a name, like QX-47B or XQ-47B to reflect it being a drone of the same model? Otherwise imo it doesn't make sense renaming something that potentially doesn't exist.

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XQ is the correct order as seen in the XQ-58A

@johnb432 johnb432 added the kind/enhancement Release Notes: **IMPROVED:** label Jan 20, 2026
@johnb432 johnb432 added this to the 3.20.3 milestone Jan 20, 2026
@PabstMirror PabstMirror changed the title Realisticnames - Add RQ-180 name Realisticnames - Add XQ-47B name Jan 20, 2026
@PabstMirror PabstMirror merged commit cac7310 into acemod:master Feb 1, 2026
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