Community AdminIt certainly looks like that's the case. I don't have an eye for aeronautics and real-life ships, but there no doubt were plenty of real-life inspirations.
I couldn't find much talk about the design of the ship, but there is the following: “The whole look I wanted for the Tempest is that extremely cantilevered balance to the ship,” says art director Joel MacMillan. “So you have this very long, thin fuselage, but then the landing gear would be situated at the back. I love the image of that being parked on a cliff face – it’s almost like it’s on a perch, and you see the nose extending off the cliff face.”
Yep, its no surprise that they explain the design of the ship this way, because if its a stealth ship, then every square inch of the ship in and out will be designed with stealth in mind. A very sleek look is one major quality of any stealth aircraft. The very materials with which the ship is built is used for this reason for the sake of avoiding radar detection.
