1970s

  1. K

    General Dynamics AIM-97 / XAIM-97 Seekbat

    Is it true that the F-15's were actually intended to carry the AIM-97 Seekbat to deal with the MiG-25? How many could it carry? KJ Lesnick
  2. hesham

    Hopeless Diamond to HAVE BLUE: Lockheed XST Evolution

    Hi, http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread199681/pg1
    • hesham
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    • 1970s air force systems command cold war defense advanced research projects agency experimental survivable testbed harvey lockheed united states united states air force
    • Replies: 88
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. P

    Rapier SAM / Marder MICV Combination Project

    I found this proposal for a British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Rapier SAM system incorporated into a West German Marder MICV chassis, in a copy of a 1972-73 Jane’s Weapon Systems, which I purchased the other day in a second hand book shop. This Rapier/Marder project looks a very thorough thought...
    • Pioneer
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    • 1970s 1980s battlefield air defence british aircraft corporation bundeswehr cold war forward area air defense great britain mechanised infantry combat vehicle rheinstahl group rheinstahl-hanomag spad surface-to-air missile united kingdom west germany
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  4. uk 75

    Some info on the RN fifth Polaris sub and later Poseidon option

    A recent book releasing British nuclear discussions by Peter Hennessy throws some clear answers to often asked questions: Why did the RN not get the fifth Polaris boat? After much discussion the new Labour Government in 1964 decided that the Polaris fleet was too worthwhile to cancel. Two...
  5. Pyrrhic victory

    Sea based ASATs, Nixon through Reagan

    http://www.history.navy.mil/books/space/Chapter3.htm
  6. Y

    Spanish/German LINCE

    Lince was a paper project, not very known. In 1974 -Franco still alive- arrived to Spain the first 19 AMX-30, made in France, to be quickly deployed in Spanish Sahara. The agreement with France included the license to manufacture this tank by Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara. So, AMX-30 became...
  7. flateric

    Bell Textron Air Cushion Landing System (ACLS) for space vehicles

    A study of air cushion landing systems for space shuttle vehicles Ryken, J. M. NASA (non Center Specific) Publication Date: Dec 1, 1970 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19710003622 direct pdf link
    • flateric
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    • 1970s bell textron cold war nasa space age space race space transportation system united states
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. K

    McDonnell Aerospace Plane

    According to Paul Czysz, he claimed that McDonnell Aerospace had an aerospace plane that probably first flew in 1963 and entered service in 1964 flying until at least 1979. I was told the plane had a smaller payload than the Space-Shuttle. It to the best of my knowledge was a single-stage to...
    • KJ_Lesnick
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    • 1960s 1970s cold war mcdonnell mcdonnell aerospace mcdonnell aircraft corporation single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto united states united states air force usaf
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. H

    Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk

  10. hesham

    Northrop XST

    The Northrop XST; http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1992/1992%20-%200362.pdf
    • hesham
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    • 1970s air force systems command cold war defense advanced research projects agency experimental survivable testbed northrop united states air force
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  11. hesham

    Dornier LSK (Leichtes Schwebefähiges Kampfflugzeug) (Lightweight Hoverable Fighter) (1972)

    Hi, the Dornier sutdied in 1972 to develope an aircraft which was based on or looks like the SAAB-37 Viggen,and also designed a very beautiful lightweight V/STOL fighter,I never heard about them before. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%202852.pdf
    • hesham
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    • 1970s air-to-ground anti-tank bundeswehr close air support cold war dornier flugzeugwerke federal republic of germany ground attack transonic v/stol aircraft vtol west germany
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  12. C

    SP 70 / PzH 155-1

    I read long time ago in Armies & Weapons the prototype of the SP-70, a cancelled self propelled howitzer but nothing on the web. Do you have something about it ? ;D
    • cador
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    • 1970s cold war early 1980s great britain italian republic panzerhaubitze 155-1 panzerhaubitze 70 u.s. army west germany
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  13. boxkite

    GAF "Bellata"

    The Australian Government Aircraft Factories proposed a ground attack version of the "Nomad" STOL transport called "Bellata". I would like to see an artist's impression or three-view drawing of this project - who can help?
  14. boxkite

    ERNO LB 21 Bumerang

    A few years ago I saw a poster(?) of the West German space shuttle (or lifting body proposal?) ERNO (= Entwicklungsring Nord) LB 21 Bumerang inside the Peenemünde museum. After this 'meeting' I never saw it again, neither in books nor in magazines. Who can help with details (illustrations...
    • boxkite
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    • 1970s cold war dornier erno federal republic of germany france junkers flugzeug- und motorenwerke ag mbb mbb-erno space age space race west germany western europe
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  15. RyanC

    Divisional Air Defense System (DIVAD / DIVADS) Proposals

    Sperry's Proposal for the DIVAD system: Was based off their earlier T37 VIGILANTE AA Gun, but rechambered in 35mm NATO instead of 37mm. ------ General Electric's Proposal for the DIVAD system: Utilizing their GAU-8A AVENGER cannon system.
    • RyanC
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced radar-directed gun air defense system air defense artillery branch argads battlefield air defence bundeswehr cold war department of defense deutsches heer divad (division air defense) forward area air defense north atlantic treaty organisation spaag spad united states united states army west germany
    • Replies: 202
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  16. uk 75

    WG.13 / Lynx attack helicopter projects

    I keep coming across small pictures of a variant of the Anglo French Lynx helicopter for the French Army in the late 60s which shows a gunship helicopter. However, none of the sources has a three view. Does anyone with access to say Janes All the World's Aircraft or the old Flying Reviews have a...
  17. hesham

    Bölkow Helicopter Projects

    And what was that project for Bolkow ? from; http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964%20-%202966.pdf
    • hesham
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    • 1950s 1960s 1970s bölkow entwicklungen kg bundeswehr civil aviation cold war federal republic of germany heer helicopter helicopter gunship luftwaffe mbb messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm west germany
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  18. K

    Rockwell NR-356 Sea Control Ship (SCS) V/STOL fighter (XFV-12A)

    The Rockwell XFV-12 was a prototype supersonic United States Navy fighter which combined the Mach 2 speed and AIM-7 Sparrow armament of the F-4 Phantom II in a VTOL fighter for the small Sea Control Ship which was under study at the time. On paper, it looked superior to the subsonic Hawker...
  19. flateric

    Lockheed pre-ATF & ATF studies

    "Clearly, ATF was going to be superstealth and not a cousin of YF-12 or SR-71," explains Osborne. "I stopped the YF-12 derivative effort, and we started working on an F-117 derivative for ATF." The design submitted in the Lockheed proposal looked like a larger and elongated F-117 with some...
    • flateric
    • Thread
    • 1970s 1980s advanced tactical fighter air defence air-to-ground battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighters lockheed nuclear battlefield stealth supersonic tactical air command united states united states air force
    • Replies: 100
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. M

    General Dynamics and Vought Navalised F-16s to VFAX/NACF requirement

    Greetings All - Here's a few of the Vought concepts - first off the designs that competed for the F-14 and then the LWF designs when they teamed with General Dynamics and would have/could have had the F/A-18 had the Navy followed Congress's edict to choose the winning LWF design (F-16). I'm...
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