In the 90's exoatmosferic hypersonic airliners seemed near to enter production. 15 years before nobody talks about it. All that technology has been vanished after the NASP demonstrator program was cancelled?
1980s
cold war
department of defense
early 1990s
hypersonic
mcdonnelldouglas
nasa
space race
strategic defense initiative
united states
united states air force
usaf
british aerospace plc
cold war
fleet air arm
great britain
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
mcdonnelldouglas
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
royal air force
royal navy
sea harrier
united kingdom
united states
united states marine corps
united states navy
v/stol
v/stol aircraft
vstol
vstol carriers
vtol
[Moderator note - added in some older posts of earlier STOVL designs from Northrop, McDonnell-Douglas from the "US VTOL Projects" topic. I think these are interesting to consider in the light of the combined JAST design]
I want to add the Northrop-Grumman ALF. Pictures from Air&Cosmos Nº1482...
british aerospace plc
cold war
fleet air arm
grumman
mcdonnelldouglas
nasa
nasa langley research center
northrop
post-cold war
royal navy
united states air force
united states marine corps
united states navy
1980s
cold war
mcdonnelldouglas
nasa
nasa ames research center
supersonic
u.s. navy
united states
united states marine corps
united states navy
usmc
v/stol
v/stol aircraft
vstol
vtol
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