airborne command post
airborneearlywarning
awacs
cold war ii
electronic warfare
elint
late 2020s
people's liberation army air force
people's republic of china
As a follow-up to my Skyvan book, (which should be out before the end of the year), I am now working on the HP/SA/BAe Jetstream family.
Firstly, does anyone have a copy of the official brochure for the Jetstream 31EZ maritime patrol aircraft?
Also, any more information on the Jetstream C.5/E.4...
Late 80s (88-90) US Navy Program to replace the E-3C, S-3B and EA-6B carrier-based AEW, ASW and EW aircraft. I believe it evolved into the E-X program to replace the E-2, this is why i’m attaching the image of the Boeing E-X proposal, which is seen here in ASW markings. (VS-24 scouts was an S-3...
aew
airborneearlywarning
anti-submarine warfare
asw
carrier based
cold war
early 1990s
electronic warfare
late 1980s
naval aviation
tanker aircraft
u.s. navy
united states navy
usn
The USN acquired 142 Lockheed EC121s in the early 50s to mount long-range early warning barrier patrols in the Atlantic and Pacific. The main strength was 5 sqns for each ocean with various cats and dogs supporting units. The barrier patrol lasted until 1965 and afterwards the USN transferred 30...
airborneearlywarning
alternate history
central intelligence agency
cold war
elint
great britain
imperial iranian air force
imperial state of iran
japan
japan air self-defense force
late 1960s
lockheed
north atlantic treaty organisation
republic of china air force
royal air force
royal australian air force
sigint
united states
united states air force
united states navy
Been trying to find out more on this subject, but there seems to be frustratingly little. I'm interested in finding out data on 1970s-1980s soviet and american radar processors to form an idea about the oft-mentioned gap between the two in this domain. i'm not a computer man so anything detailed...
The saga of HMS Hermes is well known. But it might have been different if the RN had followed the US example and kept her as an ASW carrier or interim Sea Control Ship.
The US were introducing the S3 Viking on to their attack carriers but were keen to get as many to sea as possible.
HMS Hermes...
airborneearlywarning
aircraft carrier
alternate history
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
escort vessel
fleet air arm
great britain
royal navy
vstol carriers
Via https://twitter.com/HenriKenhmann
Length 10m, wingspan 22m, MTOW 13t, cruise at 13km / 0.6Ma, Vmax 0.75Ma.
Positioning: Strategic recognition and strikes high value targets. First flight 2019, serial production 2022.
2018
2020s
airborneearlywarning
close air support
cold war ii
drone
electronic warfare
late 2010s
people's liberation army
people's liberation army air force
people's republic of china
sead
strategic reconnaissance
ucav
This was a program, possibly inspired by the B-1C and related proposals, to procure a number of P-3C based variants equipped with the AWG-9 Radar and the Phoenix missile (likely the AIM-54C ECCM/Sealed version), for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The program began as a TRDI program in...
1980s
air defence
airborneearlywarning
cold war
hughes aircraft company
hughes missile systems group
interceptor
interceptors
japan
japan defense agency
japan maritime self-defense force
jsdf
kawasaki
kawasaki heavy industries
mitsubishi
mitsubishi heavy industries
strategic defence
trdi
Raytheon Systems Company, Elta Division of Israeli Aircraft Industries, and Airbus Industries A130-based submission for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Project Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) system. The team also included Hawker de Havilland, Honeywell...
2010s
2020s
airborneearlywarning
cold war ii
commonwealth of australia
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
royal air force
royal australian air force
united states air force
Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article describing the BAC X-Eleven "project" for a (then) new technology short-medium range jet airliner with CFM-56 engines. This "project" has a wider fuselage cross-section than the standard BAC 1-11. I believe this was the final attempt to make a stand-alone...
airborneearlywarning
british aircraft corporation
cfm international
civil aviation
cold war
great britain
întreprinderea de avioane bucurești
japan air self-defense force
japan maritime self-defense force
jsdf
maritime patrol aircraft
rolls-royce
royal air force
socialist republic of romania
air defence
airborneearlywarning
gec-marconi
great britain
late 1990s
people's liberation army air force
people's republic of china
post-cold war
radar
To reply no. 55 by Aerofranz, I misidentified the illustration's top sensor carrier as the Bell SeaPig. It's actually the SeaKat, still from Bell Aerospace. I apologize for the error. Attached are a couple views of a SeaKat factory model. I would be grateful for any info about this little-known...
Hi,
the Lockheed L-1449 was a redesigned version of Super Constellation
but had a block speed 70 mph faster than any aircraft of 1955.,it had
a new thin wing and powered by four P&W PT2 turboprops,many
other alternative engines was available...
airborneearlywarning
civil aviation
cold war
electronic warfare
jet age
lockheed
pre-world war ii
republic of china
space age
testbed
transport aircraft
united states
united states air force
united states army
united states navy
world war ii
Back in the 80s it was finally realised that the Avro Shackleton AEW was obsolete and later that the Nimrod AEW.3 project was very unlikely to work correctly. The UK Government and MoD went looking for a replacement and settled on the E-3D Sentry which entered RAF service in 1990.
What were the...
air defence
airborneearlywarning
awacs
cold war
great britain
late 1980s
north atlantic treaty organisation
raf strike command
royal air force
uk air defence region
Found this in an old AIAA compilation of papers "Evolution of aircraft wing design". The particular paper was by Bob Liebeck (Father of the BWB), and the title was "Design of airfoils for high-lift" (AIAA 80-3034)
therein is briefly described a study called SCAT (Surveillance, Communications...
airborneearlywarning
cold war
communications relay
electronic warfare
elint
late 1970s
maritime reconnaissance
naval aviation
united states
united states navy
vtol
vtol long range sensor aircraft
Hi Everyone!
My apologies if this has been posted before here.
Has any more information come out on the AVIC-1 transport aircraft design from the PRC?
Chuck
airborneearlywarning
cold war ii
no. 603 aircraft design institute
people's liberation army air force
people's republic of china
transport aircraft
xac (prc)
xi'an aircraft company limited
xi'an aircraft industrial corporation
Airship Industries (UK) Ltd teamed up with Westinghouse Electric Corporation to develop the civilian SkyShip 5000 and the United States Navy YEZ-2A Sentinel 5000 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) airship in the mid-1980s. In 1990, Airship Industries collapsed and the company became Westinghouse...
air-sea rescue
airborneearlywarning
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
cold war ii
fleet air arm
great britain
helicopter
helicopters
japan maritime self-defense force
post-cold war
royal air force
royal canadian air force
royal navy
united kingdom
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