1980s

The space shuttle project thread, http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1928.0, had a brief discussion of ideas to put passenger modules in the cargo bay. I thought it might be interesting to try and capture some more details in a separate thread. I believe some concepts were...

The unbuilt Beechcraft Raider of 1985 was meant as a recoverable tactical UAV for active and passive countermeasures, and was derived from the basic MQM-107 Streaker design. Does anyone know if it was a company-developed project or if it was a reply to some official specification that was later...

I've been researching the Westland WG 30 helicopter project from the 1980,s. Got a fair bit of information but can anyone supply any more please ? Everything welcome. Thanks.

J-13 develop by SAC（Shenyang Aircraft Corporation） in 70s，This blogger(Rainbow Bear) is the authors of old J-13's CG. Ten years later, he interviewed several designers, re-produced J-13 of the CG, and write an article of the J-13 project. part1...

Brooke Marine Offshore Patrol Ships Source: Aviation et Marine International November 1979

Hat tip to tank-net.org: http://www.heartlandmuseum.com/album/album1/Museum_Photos/museum_photos_7.html

In the Eighties there was an infamous spate of submarine incidents in Swedish waters, apparently involving mini submarines penetrating close to shore (and even inside harbour areas). From the reports at least some of these would appear to have been fitted with Caterpillar/Tank style Tracks...

The UK Independence Party has a new deputy leader: Christopher Monckton. As is usual with such news the party has put his impressive CV up on their website: http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/1675-christopher-a-man-of-many-talents However, he claims that whilst a member of Margaret...

Spaceflight News , August Year ?

I’m looking for any copies of a picture of a self propelled RBS 70 turret developed in Sweden in the 1980s. It was marketed widely but with no takes and I can’t find any pictures of it around the place now. This was a fully armoured turret with all the RBS 70 guidance equipment inside and a...

This is apparently a video of the HVM, a missile considered for the A-10 as an anti-tank weapon back in the 80s. And a link to Adreas' page: http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/hvm.html

sorry guys did not know where to post this queston ... ! I was wondering if there is any NR-1 replacement project or prototype ?? thanks

-Rising Chamber -Cased telescoped ammunition -Withdrawn after Phase I of the ACR competition -Related to Future Assault Rifle Concept (FARC)?

from The Common Aero Vehicle: Space Delivery System Of The Future George Richie, ANSER AIAA Space Technology Conference & Exposition 28-30 Sept. 1999 Albuquerque, NM from A Common Aero Vehicle (CAV) - Model, Description, and Employment Guide Terry H Phillips, Schafer Corporation

Well I don't have much information on this vehicle which is exactly why I am asking about it. All I have is some information from an old 1980s AFV guide. It was an IFV similar in appearance to the German Marder with a low profile turret carrying a 20mm autocannon. There were two MG turrets in...

Evening all As of today I am on leave for 3-weeks My greatest desire has been to unpack some of the many books I have had in storage, whilst being posted here and there. Whilst I was flicking through a mag I came across a past project that always impressed me as a kid. Its the Oerlikon GDF-DO3...

From DefenseImagery.mil, an artist's concept of the Bell Aerospace Textron Mine Sweeper Hunter (MSH). In Fiscal Year 1984, the US Navy embarked upon a program to construct 17 minesweeper hunters of some 470 tons displacement that utilized surface-effect-ship and glass-reinforced plastic hull...

Artist's impression of American Rocket Company (Amroc) Industrial Launch Vehicle (ILV) 1 being launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base. Source: "Amroc tests continue" Flight International June 13, 1987 http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%200756.html

The IKL/HDW T.2000 was rated the highest on the initial tender submission but it would be wrong to say it was more developed than the winning Kockums T.471. For example the T.2000 would have needed more modification to carry the US technology Rockwell combat system than the T.471. The T.471 also...

It appears that the "Type 2000" submarine was first proposed to the USN during the Ford Administration when there was a degree of interest in conventionally powered patrol subs for the mid-Atlantic ASW mission. Nearly a decade later, the design was offered to Australia, where it was apparently...