1980s

Art for the through-deck Spruance class. GIF images from Shipbucket: http://www.shipbucket.com

Donald M. Fort, a Defense Constultant for Analytic Services, Inc. and formerly the Rand Corporation, the Center for Naval Analyses, and the US Air Force, wrote an article titled "Ultracarrier" in Proceedings of the US Naval Institute that appeared in its December 1978 issue. In this article...

During the Strategic Defense Initiative days of the mid 1980s, one of the weapons technologies that was discussed was a Hyper Velocity Gun (HVG) placed in orbit to fire at inbound ICBMs and MIRVs. Artist's conception (top) of USAF space-based hypervelocity launcher aka railgun, among kinetic...

OK. Gents. I finally found my old pictures from the heady days of the early 90's when DENEL had a project for everything. Anyone have any more information about this NOTAR style testbed that was show (static display only) at one of the 1'st SA Arms expo's? I only have what's in the photos

I cross-posted this at the Warships Projects Board.... The 16th edition Norman Polmars' Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet (pp89-90) mentions a number of unusual carrier proposals being looked at at by the bottom up review at the time of publishing (1997). They range from an "ultra large...

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...

The SAR-87(AKA 'Sterling LAR') was a proposed service rifle for the British Forces that could also be used as a 9mm machine carbine with a conversion kit. This weapon was a sound reliable design, Just that the MOD long wanted a Bullpup rifle and the fact Sterling armaments went bankrupt.

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=nuclear+source:life&imgurl=356d8d3675dbfd67

MCD MOL Plans

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

A design circa 1984. A 750 ton catamaran patrol ship from BAZAN which never purchased the Armada Española (Spanish Navy). Projected max speed: 50 knots Dimensions: 50m x 20 m x 5 m The armed ultralights are just atrezzo. (The idea of fighting ultra-light was very popular on those days)

Small Rigid Airship. Pic taken from a Spanish clone of Popular Mechanics, 1984. No info available.

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...

Hi, the Machen Inc,Washington-based company designed a low cost business jet aircraft project,called Laser Jet,it could be possibly powered by two Williams FJ-44 engines. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%202099.html?search=mached+aircraft

I stumbled across this ultimate ATV gun-buggy while looking for pictures of the Excalibur PGM for work. It’s the Standard Manufacturing Co. Excalibur/Vulcan gun system that was demonstrated to the US Army’s logistics exposition PROLOG '85. It would appear to be a large Supercat style ATV fitted...

http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/hermes/index.htm

Hi, dear CammNut spoke about this space vehicle before,here; http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1405.msg12858/highlight,smv.html#msg12858 http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2001/0901wings.pdf

The Industrial Space Facility, a stillborn attempt at a commercial man-tended space station from the 80's, courtesy of Flight. Part of the 'microgravity boom', which still doesn't seem to have arrived yet. :-[ Starviking References...

From Flight International 24th October 1987, a Multirole Capsule for ISS rescue, crew transfer, independent missions, and unmanned microgravity experiments. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202182.html