In Bill Rose's book Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft, there is mention of an outrageously colossal design for a nuclear-powered flying wing bomber by Lockheed, the L-248-3. The specs for the L-248-3 are as follows judging from what's contained in the book:
Length: 89 ft
Span...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/hermeus-announces-plan-to-build-the-fastest-aircraft-in-the-world/
Pretty nebulous right now, which is why I didn't post this in Projects. The usual insanely ambitious timeline that they will fail to meet, while blowing through multiple rounds of VC funding.
Gents...
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NARA II, COLLEGE PARK, MD
RG 341
Entry 172
Box 38
Declassified Via NND 813063
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HEADQUARTERS
AIR MATERIEL COMMAND
WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO
1 May 1946
IN REPLY ADDRESS BOTH COMMUNICATION AND
ENVELOPE TO ATTENTION OF
FOLLOWING OFFICE SYMBOL...
I need a little help finding the thread for this vehicle study, circa pre-ATF era, maybe Northrop. It had these weapons mounted conformally on top of the fuselage. I remember seeing some artist's renderings.
I'm using the search function but i just don't have good keywords to find it. Do you...
"Trump unveils Missile Defense Review, promises funding for space sensors in 2020"
by Sandra Erwin — January 17, 2019
Source:
https://spacenews.com/trump-unveils-missile-defense-review-promises-funding-for-space-sensors-in-2020/
Hi.
For some whatever reason, a timely article was pu(bli)shed by Sputnik, a Russian media, dealing with an "old" concept of non-nuclear space-based, orbiting kinetic space-to-ground weapon, sometimes described as "Rods from God"...
Thanks to Air21 over at What If Modelers:
Thought this design was already mentioned in an existing SPF thread, but I couldn't locate it. I'm wondering if this design originally grew out of one of the 'Model 402' studies. Also, I wonder if there was a late 1970s semi-official USAF requirement...
I recently happened on a photo of a U.S. Navy tow target which I hadn't previously seen.
Linked from the VC-2 squadron page of the A-4 Skyhawk Association website, it was accompanied by no explanatory text, only a short caption saying "1974: Ed Jennings tells us about the "FIGAT". As I was...
http://thespacereview.com/article/3390/1
Black ops and the shuttle (part 3-1): Recovering spent HEXAGON reconnaissance satellites with the space shuttle
by Dwayne A. Day
Monday, December 11, 2017
1980s
cold war
national reconnaissance office
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
space weapons
spy sat
strategic defense initiative
strategic reconnaissance
unitedstatesairforce
1970s
1980s
anti-radar
boeing
bundeswehr
cold war
dornier
drone
e-syatems
germany
mbb
north atlantic treaty organisation
northrop
rpv
teledyne brown engineering
teledyne ryan
unitedstatesunitedstatesairforce
vfw-fokker
west germany
Thought we had a topic for the CVLSP but I can't find it for love or money, so I'll create this new one for the moment. The USAF's CVLSP replacement effort is not doing so well, not surprising given that at least some of the companies vying for the contract are still obsessed with 'continuum of...
Lockheed "The Defender" SDI poster found on eBay.
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-Lockheed-Poster-Killer-Satellites-Louis-De-Latorre-Original-/282065438198?hash=item41ac6905f6:g:W5IAAOSwzJ5XUv0a
Seller's description:
Vought JTACMS (Joint Tactical Missile System) with F-16 model found on eBay.
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-F-16-JTACMS-Topping-Precise-Experimental-Version-Factory-Desk-Model-/182058153075?hash=item2a6382f473:g:E-UAAOSwx-9Wvs4h
1980s
cold war
late 1970s
nasa
national reconnaissance office
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
spy sat
strategic reconnaissance
unitedstatesairforce
Immagine that Richard Nixon instead of JFK was elected President of United States in November 1960,and that Alan Shepard was the first man in space (but not in orbit) in Febraury 1961.
Two events that could happen.
In this scenario,if President Nixon not consider necessary a manned mission on...
1960s
aerospace defense command
air defense command
alternate history
nasa
space age
space race
space station
strategic air command
unitedstatesunitedstatesairforce
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