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I was wondering if anybody knows anything more about the NATF & pre-NATF Tomcat replacement proposals.The only one i know about is the Lockheed swing-wing NATF proposal that is based on the F-22.I've read that they chose swing-wings because it was the easiest way to offer F-22 performance and to...

When I saw this thread on Northrop post ATF concepts I was thrilled to see that Northrop applied that cool arrow wing design of theirs to an F-16. I was so excited I decided to do some profile art again. Since it was an interim MRF design I designated it the MRF-16. It looked to me like their...

Hi, A new program to USAF during the 1990s was ASTT/ARD (Advanced Surveillance and Tracking Technology/Airborne Radar demonstrator) to develope new AWACS aircraft. I know one contender the Boeing-767 AWACS version.

Found via google patent search. Northrop design, seems to be related to early stages of AX. Patent: D218,856 https://patents.google.com/patent/USD218856S/en

A-12 press pack, courtesy of flateric

This is a design study from AIAA student journal back in the 1980's for a lightweight supercruise fighter by Northrop. To me, it's sort of their "modern" F-5. I've seen pictures of a lightning test model in Koku-Fan of an iteration of this configuration and the model seemed to have slightly...

in this competition, the main contenders were:- 1-Boeing model -----? 2-Northamerican-Rockwell NR-349 3-Vought V-483. 4-lockheed CL- -----? 5-Grumman G-300. 6-General Dynamics model -----? 7-Fairchild-Hiller (Republic division) model ----? 8-McDonnell-Douglas F-15 model ----? can anyone...

Northrop P-610 single-engine variant of the YF-17 Cobra (later F/A-18 Hornet) At the time of the USAF’s ‘Light Weight Fighter’ (LWF) Request for Proposal, Northrop attempted to cover its bases, by submitting both a single-engine design, the P-610, and the twin-engine design, the P-600 Both the...

several pics of Northrop 1978 strike aircraft (refered also as VATOL and Air-To-Surface Advanced Tactical Fighter Aircraft) with dorsal inlets (may be that one El was talking about)

Some inflight footage from Discovery Channel documentary and my 3-view

Indeed the naval "T-tail" N-156 followed the Fang in 1954, followed by the more familiar N-156F of 1956 that lead to the F-5A. I still haven't found an drawings or details on the original N-156. :(

Here are two pictures of the N-102 mockup: [links broken - Admin] More information will follow later.

[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...