post-cold war

Artist's impression of Ohio Replacement Submarine (formerly the SSBN-X Future Follow-on Submarine) released on Sept. 6, 2012. Ohio Replacement submarine details November 1, 2012. Source: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/HomePagePictures/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=131...

Pentagon Issues First Arctic Strategy The Pentagon issued its first Arctic strategy, laying out how the US military will work to promote security, stewardship, and international cooperation in the region. "This strategy identifies the department's desired end-state for the Arctic: a secure...

During the 1960s San Antonio Aviation Company built a light single-seater under the name Palomino. The aircraft was registered N40J. It seems this aircraft was later modified as a tandem two-seater by Palomino Aircraft Associates, retaining the N40J registration. Again later (1994) it...

We even have not exact date of birth or pristine photo of him on the web. This happen last weekend. RIP, Sir Thousands, tens thousands became connected with aerospace and got related professions or lifetime obsession with skies because of you. Many aviation journalists and authors started...

"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.

This is supposedly a joint Japan/US project using the Independence class as a starting point, although it seems to me to have inherited some features from at least one MSDF related project of the late '80s/early 90s. First of class to enter service in 2018, which would suggest that it's to be...

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a250380.pdf

I thought we already had a THAAD related topic, but I can't find it, so I'll put this old [1992] Thiokol Corp report on the SPBD booster program here.

Finnish Air Force Aircraft Codes - Two-Letter System I've been trying to compile a complete list of Finnish 2-letter aircraft codes. No doubt I'm reinventing the wheel and there's a full listing out there somewhere ... but I haven't been able to find it. The 2-letter system seems to be the...

http://www.space.com/20313-voyager-1-leaves-solar-system.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9944080/Voyager-1-becomes-first-man-made-object-to-leave-the-Solar-System.html Voyager I passing the rings of Saturn (Daily Telegraph)

I thought this would fit in well here: http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html

Beyond Apollo: The God of Gainful Employment: Project Hyreus (1993)

Hi, I spoke before about some of Embraer projects,and I want a drawings to EMB-301 basic trainer,which was based on Neiva Universal,and EMB-311 COIN and attack aircraft,based on Caraja.

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

The Admiralty and AEW was a great exposition of the Royal Navy's AEW work and, like many of the other denizens here, I've eagerly awaited the Chris' companion work The Air Staff and AEW. Yesterday I got a note from Amazon UK stating that The Air Staff and AEW is no longer available and...

Some Dassault Mirage 2000 goodness from Les Chevaliers du Ciel HD Promo! View: http://youtu.be/HEe3xfWfkG8 View: http://youtu.be/60XPS66MxmA

http://www.aiaa.org/pdf/conferences/Maita.pdf Heres a JAXA brief regarding future hypersonic and space launch projects.

USMC LAV-H High Capacity datasheet found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAV-H-HIGH-CAPACITY-FOR-THE-USMC-DATA-SHEET-/160549782365?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256183435d

A Challenger I hull was trialled with the Marconi Marksman anti-aircraft turret (pictures attached) and according to multiple publications a Challenger I hull was also trialled with the Vickers GBT 155mm turret, does anyone have any pictures of this combination? There seems to be a distinct lack...

Seeing as there seems to be some confusion about these designs and we don't seem to have a topic - In 1992, Fatadin Mukhamedov registered two patents for aircraft designs, a high capacity airliner and a manouverable trainer/light fighter aircraft. In 1993, he was involved with Eurasia, one...