I was scrolling through yf-23.net when I saw this page.
http://www.yf-23.net/ATFprogramme.html
I was looking at the performance requirements given by the ATF Statement of Operational Need, and I noticed this.
the ability to accelerate from Mach 0.6 to Mach 1 in 20 seconds
the ability to...
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Two General Dynamics designs are now known for this competition. I don't have any details about the requirement. Clearly STOL/ VSTOL, air-to-ground mission.
Larger copies at Codeone website as usual.
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=114...
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"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...
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Thread to discuss Rockwell pre-ATF and ATF Projects.
Merged with existing Rockwell ATF threads by Overscan
If I knew how to add a pic, I'd attach it, but in a 1981 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, there was a page of sketches of ATF designs. One that's had me intrigued is a Rockwell...
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