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The US Navy - BuAer Specification SD 112.14 ,soliciting bids for a twin engined VF -Naval Fighter- in 1938. This spec. produced the Grumman Model G-34 (XF5F-1) Brewster ,Seversky and Lockheed were also contending. Bids were asked from 13 companies. Is there any of the Naval Aviation specialist...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864# http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?231212-Scott-Carpenter-RIP http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/10/10/2032208/mercury-astronaut-scott-carpenter-dies-at-88...

Hiller YH-32 Hornet

An RFI was issued by Naval Air Systems Command on April 18, 2013 for the Maritime Helicopter (MH-XX). Source: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=66c5708022c9b3002035f1d505827ac0&tab=core&_cview=0

A January 1974 (draft final) report for the Office of Naval Research, prepared by the Boeing Vertol Company: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/777988.pdf

A 2005 NSWC/Dahlgren Division paper on issues affecting the arming of UXVs: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a436214.pdf

Towed Modules could provide: > Hundreds of Cruise or ballistic missiles > A sensor hub for acoustic and electronic sensors > A habitat for SEAL or other special forces > A refueling station for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (from...

In the late 1970s, it was planned to modernize the Alany class CGs for service through the 1980s. The Albany class were full guided missile conversions of WWII era Baltimore and Oregon City class heavy cruisers. Eventually the funds allocated were diverted and the ships were decommissioned...

Hi All - Never heard of this - looks cool! http://www.ebay.com/itm/NAA-NORTH-AMERIACN-AVIATION-IN-HOUSE-T-28-JET-FACTORY-DESK-MODEL-TOPPING-PRECISE-/400493123813?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3f4018e5 Enjoy the Day! Mark

"Longhorn" has been proposed to include a turbofan engine in a lengthened AGM-65F airframe. This version would be 3.35 m long and could have a range of about 75 km. Mid-course guidance would be inertial with GPS, while IIR or active MMW radar terminal seekers could be used.

Hi, here is from the airvectors site,an unknown projects to the Grumman OV-1; Does any one know them ?. http://www.airvectors.net/avmohawk.html

Let's start off with this: RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS OF THE US NAVY Volume 10 [Naval Nuclear Power Unit Port Huenume, California, July 1978]

"Kelly" Johnson's concept of a carrier based A-12 for the US Navy. Remember Kellys unwritten and non-official rule according to the book "Skunk Works" written by Ben Rich: "Starve before doing business with the damned Navy. They don't know what the hell they want and will drive you up a wall...

Huntington Ingalls LPD Flight II http://youtu.be/yI5GFP_b7kQ Source: http://visual.ly/lpd-flight-ii

http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2012/08/artistic-comparative-display-of-quantitative-data-winning-the-battle-of-the-atlantic-by-flying-over-.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqjYoMrXT2w&feature=player_embedded

G'day Gents! Once again I've been flicking through one of my favourite books “The Pentagon Paradox. The development of the F-18 Hornet” by James Perry Stevenson (ISBN 1557507759), Shrewsbury, 1993. In this book it talks about the following program: 'Commander Ernie Waller USN’s theoretical...

Aircraft were already launched from airships during WW I, when the British airship R.23 was used for trials with two Sopwith Camel fighters. But the first practical design, that could launch AND recover more than one aircraft, was the USN ZRS-4 Akron, later followed by the ZRS-5 Macon. In...

Paging Mr. David Mace, Paging Mr. Greg Bear. Via Slashdot: DARPA wants to dot ocean floor with network of robotic pods that can spy, explore (NETWORKWORLD) http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/01/11.aspx...

Reconstruction of Acoustic Collection Missions Against Three Cruise Missiles October 1999 Daniel J. Lowen