cold war
early 21st century
electronic warfare
grumman
late 20th century
post-cold war
u.s. navy
unitedstatesunitedstatesmarinecorpsunitedstates navy
usmc
late 1990s
post-cold war
tactical uas
tuav
unitedstatesunitedstates army
unitedstatesmarinecorpsunitedstates navy
unmanned air system
unmanned air vehicle
Hey everyone!
I was wondering what sort of information people had on the MPWS/MPGS Piranha. This was an early 1980s submission by General Motors of Canada into the USMC MPWS, and later joint Army-Marine MPGS program. I possess LETE Annual Historical Reports covering its trials at the LETE...
We have a whole bunch of threads, alt-history or not. But no full blown TL so far.
The POD: May 1972, common sense prevails: Convair Model 200 carries the day over Rockwell NAR-356. It becomes the XFV-12 interceptor for Zumwalt Sea Control Ship.
Even after that one is canned, two prototypes are...
Meant to create a topic on this after creating the one on the Kenworth-Boeing gas-powered turbine truck earlier in the year. Like that program this one had its origins in an USN requirement, albeit a later one.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODsl0-oW0Q
View...
1960s
cold war
ford motor company
ford motor company heavy trucks division
freightliner corporation
gas turbine
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Boeing and Lockheed beat out McDs, GD, and some other companies to become the two finalists for JSF.
Boeing went with a somewhat more conventional engine arrangement, but an unconventional shape
Lockheed was opposite and chose a more novel engine arrangement, but had a shape more similar to the...
Apparently the gas turbine in question (Model 502) was originally developed in response to a USN requirement, presumably on behalf of the USMC. I wonder what the intended vehicle was?
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2011/05/09/turbine-powered-oddities-no-466-the-see-through-kenworth-boeing...
The dual mode AGM-65D Maverick anti-radar guided missile
Hughes Aircraft Corporation in the United States has built three unites of the Maverick anti-radar guided missile equipped with a dual mode passive radar/television target seeking head. It was designed especially to strike at radar...
I am quite sure many of you will find this interesting but I am not sure what it is exactly
https://marinecorpsconceptsandprograms.com/sites/default/files/files/EABO%20Concept%20Toolkit%20(Public).pdf
I have also attached the document to this post for your concvenience
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F_T
Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV)
Advanced Technology Development Future Naval Capability (FNC) Program
Science and Technology
Brief to Industry
https://www.scribd.com/document/369430054/ONR-Armored-Reconnaissance-Vehicle
amphibious vehicle
cold war ii
early 2020s
electronic warfare
late 2010s
office of naval research
optionally manned
reconnaissance
unitedstatesunitedstatesmarinecorpsunitedstates navy
unmanned air vehicle
unmanned ground vehicle
usmc
G'day gents
Just stumbled across a photograph which Ive seen in numerous books on the Vietnam War, but only after decades have now realised, that 'this Douglas A-4 Skyhawk' depicted in the photograph, is in fact connected and prepared for launch via a 'land-based catapult system'
I have to...
High-resolution interactive megapixel satellite imaging of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the adjacent reclamation center ('boneyard').
+/- for zoom, arrow keys for navigation, etc. See if you can spot the Lockheed D-21 drones, F-105 Wild Weasel and other Cold War goodies.
Click HERE. If...
"Textron Starts Work on New Navy Hovercraft"
By: Sam LaGrone
Published: November 18, 2014 7:58 AM • Updated: November 18, 2014 7:58 AM
Source:
http://news.usni.org/2014/11/18/textron-starts-work-new-navy-hovercraft
Chaparral 2000/Roadrunner/Advanced Chaparral/Chaparral Chassis Service Life Extension Program (CCSLEP)/LAV MPLS (MultiPurpose Launcher System)/Chapfire
/1/ 1999 report by "Forecast International"
Chaparral III?.
Loral, along with other companies, was trying to interest the US Army and other...
1990s
air defense artillery branch
arab republic of egypt
army national guard
battlefield air defence
cold war
ford aerospace
forward area air defense
loral corporation
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
royal norwegian army
spad
texas instruments
u.s. army
unitedstatesunitedstates army
unitedstatesmarinecorpsunitedstates navy
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