This story has a little historical value for me. The article starts of by saying “Citizens of Patuxent River, Maryland, do not be alarmed”, I used to live in Pax River and I am sure that once this Russian developed craft takes to the skies you are going to be hearing a lot of locals claiming a invasion is in progress.
For those of you that have visited Southern Maryland may understand why I say this 
The prototype looks more like a hybrid airplane to me as it still has stubby wings and offset vertical stabilization wings. [Wired]
