early 2000s

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/dd/cc/f987a42f97d1c0/US20050211827A1.pdf

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADP010844.pdf Note that the mention of 'battleships' in the paper is likely a reference to the Arsenal Ship concept which was in vogue at the time. Incidentally, this paper was part of a larger NATO sponsored report called the Concepts de systemes pour la...

https://www.911memorial.org/connect/commemoration/23rd-anniversary-commemoration View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPQ7EeNO2M0 https://apnews.com/article/sept-11-anniversary-ceremony-children-reading-names-ed7dcd42524dca1c5098b6b3364aca91...

It may come as a surprise to think that the British (BAE specifically), would consider upgrading the Hind. However, Western upgrades to the Hind are relatively common, with the French company SAGEM and Israel’s Elbit offering upgrades, and South Africa’s ATE offering the significantly modified...

Thought we could start a thread on this project by the finns to replace the BMP-1 in the late 90s and early 2000s, known as the TA2000 (Taisteluajoneuvo 2000, "Combat Vehicle 2000"). They produced some prototypes on different chassis, mainly fitted with Delco-25 (Bushmaster I) or Delco-30...

https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2022/09/replacing-an-icon-options-for-the-british-armys-land-rover-fleet/

I am wondering if anyone has any information on a proposed Super Puma/ Cougar alternative to the NH90. I read somewhere that when the NH90 programme was in its early stages and experiencing the inevitable problems, Airbus briefly considered an updated version of its Super Puma as an alternative...

https://www.drewexmachina.com/the-ramos-russian-american-observation-satellite-program/

On 2 april, 1968 premier Stanley Kubrick masterpiece 4 years earlier he decided to make The "Perfect" Movie and he succeeded 50 years later 2001: A Space Odyssey has nothing lost of its Magic, its mysteries Its Space Hardware still looks realistic, even timeless Allot of Sci-Fi Movies made...

Supersonic Combat Affordable Light Trainer (SCALT) was a school project at the Politecnico di Torino. It was presented at an aeronautical engineering conference in 2000 and the configuration drawing shows a single Honeywell F125 engine installed at an angle.

http://www.aiaa.org/pdf/conferences/Maita.pdf Heres a JAXA brief regarding future hypersonic and space launch projects.

This is an unusual project, especially in light of known JMSDF doctrine. It was apparently conceived around the mid-'90s or there abouts by the JMSDF and the old JDA as a lower cost alternative to the procurement of futher units of the Kongō class (what would eventually become the Atago class)...

Coopership Industries was a company founded in 1996 to design and build (very) large rigid hull airships. The website at www.coopership.com appears to have disappeared in the early 2000s, but included this info on the proposed airship: The attached picture comes from a January 2001 article in...

Another one from the lasses and lads at GA Tech: https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/8382/1/aiaa_2004-3735_paper.pdf

The Su-37 multirole, all-weather fighter aircraft demonstrator is derived from the family of aircraft based on the Su-27, which was developed in 1977 by the Sukhoi Experimental Design Bureau in Moscow and is in service with the Russian Air Force and a number of other countries. This family also...

Artist's impression of Ekranolet AMS-410-DF "Sea Hunter" shown at MAKS 2003. Source: http://www.avia-n-aero.ru/photo.php?category_id=360&parent_id=360

Model of Tupolev Tu-330 on display at MAKS 2003. Source: http://www.avia-n-aero.ru/photo.php?category_id=360&parent_id=360

Link: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/project-america.htm Interesting idea. Started off as cruise ships, and morphed into naval command ships.

Another lost programme - Migbus.

follow on nuclear powered sister ship to Charles de Gaulle, was slightly larger. Would like further details if anyone has them.