Given the possibility SST biz jets, the USAF Century series developers should look at past concepts where a single airframe could be used for fighter, tactical bomber, transport, and even cargo hauler roles .Same picture, bottom aircraft only - from Fana.
Do we know the actual rankings for each proposal in the ATF program? I know Rockwell came dead last, Lockheed 1st and Northrop 2nd, obviously. I think I read somewhere that Vought came in second last but I'm not sure.Model of Boeing Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) design submission.
According to F-22 Raptor (Enthusiast Color Series) by Bill Sweetman, MBI Publishing Company, 1998:
Additional photographs of this model can be found earlier in this topic:
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,398.msg2543.html#msg2543
1. LockheedDo we know the actual rankings for each proposal in the ATF program? I know Rockwell came dead last, Lockheed 1st and Northrop 2nd, obviously. I think I read somewhere that Vought came in second last but I'm not sure.
Boeing's 500-mile radius supersonic cruise fighter for European air battle area
Wind tunnel model at NASA Langley
Source
Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Supersonic Fighter Aircraft Model at Mach 0.40 to 2.47
Francis J. Capone and E. Ann Bare
Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia
Dorothy Arbiter
The George Washington University
Joint Institute for Advancement of Flight Sciences
Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia
In colors.
VARIOUS NOZZLES IN 10X10 FOOT SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL SWT : NASA/Glenn Research Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
VARIOUS NOZZLES IN 10X10 FOOT SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL SWTarchive.org
Is there any more information on this?Another Boeing early concept