I found this quote in another topic: "What about the disgraceful O-47? The inelegant Sabreliner?" Perhaps as a answer to the second part of that question I will present the following image and also ask if this is the NA-465, "Sabreliner 65", that hesham mentioned more than seven years ago...
Hi,
here is the North American/Rockwell MMIPS,a Multimode Integrated Propulsion System,
fitted with a small Mach 2.7 SSBJ aircraft.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19810009482_1981009482.pdf
Rockwell NA 430 VSTOL Multi Mission Aircraft
Design definition study of NASA/Navy lift/cruise fan V/STOL aircraft. Volume 1: Summary report of Navy multimission aircraft
Cavage, R. L. (Rockwell International)
NASA-CR-137695
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19760005982
Hi,
I displayed this aircraft before,but I can't identify it,who can ?.
Low speed aerodynamic characteristics of a vectored thrust V/STOL transport with two lift/cruise fans
Renselaer, D. J
NASA-CR-152029
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19770022151
[Admin - updated link and added report details]
Looks like the UK could be getting a dual mode Brimstone ASM http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/06/23/224861/mbdas-brimstone-missile-to-enter-raf-combat-duty-with-new.html
We might actually field a new weapon capability before the USA!!! :eek: ;D
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A project I've never heard of until today, looking through the Rockwell bomber study PDF here:
http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=C016293&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
Concept 4-1 uses stealth technologies developed under Rockwell's Surprise Fighter program. Radar tests of a model of...
The Rockwell XFV-12 was a prototype supersonic United States Navy fighter which combined the Mach 2 speed and AIM-7 Sparrow armament of the F-4 Phantom II in a VTOL fighter for the small Sea Control Ship which was under study at the time. On paper, it looked superior to the subsonic Hawker...
If someone happy to have hi-res version of these North American Rockwell PR drawings (NA-73-400, Rev 9-83), I would be very obliged for sharing them with me. Thank you.
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This appears to be a fighter/Demonstrator version of their scissor wing technology from the '70s. You can see the bomber concepts in the thread link below the patent link
USPAT4998689
Boeing Bombers with some pics of the Rockwell scissor wing bomber concept.
AMSA was said to stand for "America's Most Studied Aircraft" due to the length of time it took to get to flying hardware.
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I'm sure I've seen a Lockheed AMSA design, and Doug Richardson's B-1 book has 3 AMSA designs that may be the Rockwell evolution, but...
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Thread to discuss Rockwell pre-ATF and ATF Projects.
Merged with existing Rockwell ATF threads by Overscan
If I knew how to add a pic, I'd attach it, but in a 1981 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, there was a page of sketches of ATF designs. One that's had me intrigued is a Rockwell...
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