Born from the remnants of post-fifth-gen design philosophy, the X-47 Longsword is a prototype that’s less an aircraft and more a glimpse into the future of air dominance. Inspired by NASA’s X-36 tailless demonstrator, this delta-wing stealth platform uses advanced canards and thrust vectoring to achieve unmatched agility, especially in post-stall maneuvers.

Capable of reaching 1,400 mph at just 1,000 feet, the Longsword sacrifices nothing in speed or stealth. Its titanium airframe houses a full-spectrum electronic warfare suite, including radar and ultrasonic detection, long-range quantum-secure comms, and a next-gen EMF disruption system that masks the aircraft from all known scans across a 100-mile radius.

More than a fighter, the X-47 is a combat hub, able to command up to 10 autonomous drones with no uplink dependency—forming a decentralized defense network in the sky. While this is a rough build, the underlying tech points toward a finished platform that will be hyper-lethal, ghost-silent, and tactically untouchable.

The Longsword doesn’t just challenge the legacy of fighters like the F-22 and YF-23. It aims to replace it.

On a serious note, though, this is the most semi-grounded plane I’ve made on my account. I think that going forward, this might be the style I use because it’s pretty sexy.