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  1. aim9xray

    Superstar engineer John Hart-Smith skewered Boeing’s strategy | Obituary

    embedded links: Hart-Smith paper on Boeing Outsourcing 2003 reaction to Hart-Smith Paper
    • aim9xray
    • Thread
    • aerospace industry boeing cold war commonwealth of australia douglas aircraft company early 21st century late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  2. Forest Green

    DARPA's Gunslinger - Missile with Cannon

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG52_HOzsXw
    • Forest Green
    • Thread
    • cold war ii defense advanced research projects agency early 2020s united states
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. Forest Green

    McDonnell Douglas GRM-29A Rocket-Powered Bomber

    View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1874984691633414466 View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1874990524895203505
    • Forest Green
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    • cold war mcdonnell douglas rocket propulsion strategic air command strategic bomber united states united states air force
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  4. uk 75

    Parallels between the decline of the USN and the RN

    Watching the decline in size and construction problems encountered by the USN since 1991 I am reminded of the fate of the Royal Navy after WW2. At first sight the US has done rather better. It still has the world's largest force of nuclear strike carriers and its nuclear submarines remain the...
    • uk 75
    • Thread
    • defense industry early 21st century great britain late 20th century post-cold war royal navy shipbuilding united kingdom united states united states navy war on terror
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  5. LogicalEnemyResponse

    Unusual mid 80s armed robotic sentry.

    I’ve been searching quite a lot lately for publications(specifically books and magazines)with information on the so-called “PROWLER” robot designed built and tested by Robot Defense Systems of Thornton Colorado around 1985. Nasty piece of tech with twin M60 machine guns,armor-plated chassis,Mark...
    • LogicalEnemyResponse
    • Thread
    • 1980s battlefield surveillance cold war robotic combat vehicle robotics ugv united states
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  6. Z

    NATO defence spending

    Via Financial Times. Thoughts?
    • zen
    • Thread
    • 2020s 2024 2025 cold war ii north atlantic treaty organisation trump trump administration united states
    • Replies: 206
    • Forum: The Bar
  7. E

    OpenAI, Anduril partner on AI drone-defense plan

    Skynet anyone? https://www.axios.com/2024/12/04/openai-anduril-ai-drone-defense-pentagon
    • edwest4
    • Thread
    • 2024 anti-drone system artificial intelligence cold war ii computing cybernetics robotics united states
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  8. Michel Van

    New NASA Administrator

    President Trump just selected Jared Isaacman as new Administrator of NASA Isaacman flew twice with SpaceX in space View: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1864358177728516252
    • Michel Van
    • Thread
    • cold war ii nasa trump administration united states
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. Y

    AN/ARN-92 LORAN

    I am looking for technical information on the AN/ARN-92 LORAN-C/D navigation system, particularly for the sketches or photos of the cockpit control unit and display panels if they existed. This system was used, inter alia, on the F-4D, RF-4C and F-105D, and reportedly provided an approximate...
    • yahya
    • Thread
    • an/arn-92 cold war f-105d f-4d loran-c/d north atlantic treaty organisation rf-4c united states united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Avionics and Military/Naval electronics
  10. Michel Van

    ELON MUSK (Tesla, Boring, Neurolink etc)

    The Rules: Everything (Tesla, Boring, Neurolink etc) except SpaceX that own Discussion here: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/spacex-general-discussion.13774/ Keep down politics and be Polite to each Other, please ! Otherwise this will shut down and locked Thanks let show begin...
    • Michel Van
    • Thread
    • car cold war ii cybernetics electric propulsion neuralink corp. optimus robotics space-x spacex telsa telsa bot the boring company united states
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: The Bar
  11. hesham

    Search Helicopter Towed Rescue Boat,1965

    From Naval Aviation News 1965.
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • 1960s bureau of naval weapons cold war u.s. navy united states united states coastguard
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Bar
  12. Grey Havoc

    Event Horizon (1997)

    An appropriate subject for the night that is in it, methinks. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVlnER8SxfQ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjmQXDhyps
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1997 2047 alternate history cosmic horror deep space probes halloween horror late 1990s late 20th century libera te tutemet ex inferis movie national security agency neptune popular culture post-cold war science fiction u.s.a.c. event horizon u.s.a.c. lewis & clark united states us aerospace command
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  13. E

    New York semiconductor site picked for $825 million in funding

    https://apnews.com/article/new-york-semiconductor-nanotech-lab-albany-42ee39316c32718c729e526354254724
    • edwest4
    • Thread
    • 2022 chips and science act albany nanotech biden administration cold war ii computer architecture computer chip computing cpu department of commerce electronics extreme ultraviolet lithography microprocessors national semiconductor technology center new york nstc extreme ultraviolet accelerator research semiconductor chip semiconductor industry united states
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. E

    PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmznzkly3go
    • edwest4
    • Thread
    • 2024 8th century ad 9th century ad ancient world archaeology history latin america maya civilization mesoamerica mexico remote sensing south america tulane university tulane university of louisiana united states valeriana
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  15. Deltafan

    What should Curtiss-Wright Aviation have done to survive?

    Hi everybody, I often read that Curtiss-Wright Aviation did not do enough research work during the Second World War to be able to survive its aeronautical branch and face the new markets after the Second World War. It is considered that its production and improvement work on the P-40 (we can...
    • Deltafan
    • Thread
    • cold war curtiss-wright airplane division curtiss-wright corporation experimental fighters heavy fighter interceptors night fighter post-world war ii pursuit aircraft research united states united states air force united states army air corps united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  16. Dynoman

    Unknown Air Service Engineering Division Models

    Between 1919 and 1927 the Air Service's Engineering Division at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, was responsible for the solicitation of bids for Army aircraft designs. The Engineering Division released Type Specifications for an aircraft design and then expected the contractors to return a set of...
  17. TinWing

    Boeing “High Speed” Cruise Missile Patent

    https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/dd/cc/f987a42f97d1c0/US20050211827A1.pdf
    • TinWing
    • Thread
    • 2004 2005 boeing cruise missile early 2000s early 21st century transonic united states war on terror
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Patent Pending
  18. M

    ARM cancelling ISA licenses to Qualcomm

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/arm-to-cancel-qualcomm-chip-design-license-in-escalation-of-feud Actual nuclear bomb. Probably wouldn't actually happen, since it sounds more like a big bargaining chip, but potentially a huge turning point for the chip industry, and especially...
    • Maro.Kyo
    • Thread
    • 2024 aerospace industry cold war ii computer architecture computing cpu defense industry electronics interesting times microprocessors telecommunications united kingdom united states
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  19. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    SCB 198 Escort Research Ship

    Source: https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AG/AG158.html Source: https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AG/AG158-p.html
    • A Tentative Fleet Plan
    • Thread
    • anti-submarine warfare bureau of ships buships cold war destroyer escort early 1960s experimental gas turbine late 1950s research test ship testbed trials ship united states united states navy
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  20. E

    Vast releases design of Haven-2 commercial space station

    https://spacenews.com/vast-releases-design-of-haven-2-commercial-space-station/
    • edwest4
    • Thread
    • aerospace industry cold war ii commercial international space station nasa space station united states
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: The Bar
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