Not bad for a project that was on the death watch list just 6 months ago.
It's actually rather large, with a, " 62.1 ft, compared to 44.7 ft. for an F/A-18" (the E/F models), and so looks to be close to the size of the canceled A-12 attack aircraft.
Here we can see the standard robust naval landing gear.
Here is a closeup of the inlet, which the N-G folks were fine with letting people take, which surprises me, because it's kind of the "secret sauce".
There is still a part of me that is surprised that the US Navy is considering a tailless anything after the debacle that was the F7U Cutlass (aka "Gutless" and "Ensign Eliminator").
NG press release here.
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