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    Pratt & Whitney XA103

    P&W completed PDR for its NGAD engine candidate (paywalled): https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/pratt-whitney-reaches-crucial-digital-design-milestone-ngap-prototype
    • GeorgeA
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    • ngad pratt & whitney xa103
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Propulsion
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    CA-12 Boomerang Evolution

    In July 1940 the hounded British government warns the Australians of an imminent embargo of any aviation materials. On 10 December 1941 the capital ships of the Royal Navy H.M.S. Prince of Wales and H.M.S. Repulse are sunk by Japanese airplanes. On 21 December of the same month, the firm...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • british commonwealth british empire commonwealth aircraft corporation commonwealth of australia curtiss-wright corporation general electric pacific ocean theater post-world war ii pratt & whitney rolls-royce royal australian air force world war ii wright aeronautical corporation
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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    Lockheed CL400 Suntan

    My biggest question regarding the Lockheed Suntan program is why they bothered investigating hydrogen turbojets in the first place. The best advantage I can think of was the ability to achieve the desired speed and range with an airframe that was much lighter than anything else in its size...
    • CFE
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    • central intelligence agency cold war hydrogen powered vehicles late 1950s lockheed pratt & whitney skunk works strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force
    • Replies: 67
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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    Pratt & Whitney J-91 vs General Electric J-93 GE-1, GE-3, and GE-5 Questions

    Normally, I would just look through my books but I don't have very much information about the J-91 other than it had a 9-stage compressor, a twin-stage turbine, a 7:1 pressure-ratio, a trans-sonic compressor, a 55-inch diameter, and that the J-58 was an 80% scaled down version with a higher...
    • KJ_Lesnick
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    • cold war general electric general electric company pratt & whitney
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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    Lockheed 1983 study based on highly mutato, JT-69 2D TVC engined YF-12

    <...A study was conducted to determinehhe impact of integrated flight, inlet, and engine control system architectures on system effectiveness (safety, mission reliability, maintainability, dispatchability, and availability) and life cycle cost (LCC). The aircraft is a modified Lockheed YF-12...
    • flateric
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    • air defence cold war early 1980s interceptor lockheed pratt & whitney supersonic united states united states air force
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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    Lockheed A-12 and SR-71 projects

    SENIOR CITIZEN is supposed to be some sort of stealthy transport for special ops stuff. Here's some info on a few unbuilt SENIOR CROWN variations: SR-71I 30 September 1980 iteration: -AWG-9 radar -four AIM-54 missiles -anti-AWACS tasked 1 November 1982 iteration: -APG-65 radar -four AIM-120...
    • SOC
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    • aerospace defense command air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war general electric aircraft engines lockheed nuclear battlefield pratt & whitney sead skunk works strategic air command strategic bomber strategic defence strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 178
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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