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
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...
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nasa
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northrop
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united states air force
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)
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. :(
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[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...
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