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  1. A

    GA-ASI MQ-1 Predator

    Okay Gentlemen, can anyone tell me why the Predator B (Reaper) has it's tail up while its smaller predecessor is tail down?
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    • 2000s air combat command late 1990s late 2010s post-cold war united states air force war on terror
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. Flyaway

    NASA’s Long Dead ‘IMAGE’ Satellite is Alive!

    Fascinating tale. https://skyriddles.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/nasas-long-dead-image-satellite-is-alive/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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    What I wrote of Columbia, Feb-Mar '03

    In 2003, I wrote in a white heat an essay on Columbia's loss, which took on the shuttle's history. I submitted this to "Harper's" and "The Atlantic," neither of which bought it. Unrevised save for the addition of photos, it can be found on my personal website here...
  4. Michel Van

    ARCA Haas 2CA rocket (SSTO with aerospike engine)

    ARCA Space Corporation is a New Mexico-based aerospace company It was founded in 1999 as a non-governmental organization in Romania by Dumitru Popescu That want to build a SSTO that launch 100 kg (220lbs) of payload to low earth orbit. it feature a linear Aerospike engine called "Executor" is...
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    • 2000s 2010s 2020s 20th century 21st century aerospace industry late 1990s new mexico romania romanian cosmonautics and aeronautics association single-stage-to-orbit ssto united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. Sferrin

    NASA MLAS (escape system).

    Somehow I completely missed this. Never even heard of it before. http://www.nasa.gov/content/max-launch-abort-system-or-mlas-was-successfully-tested-at-nasas-wallops-flight-facility
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    • 2000s 2009 constellation program nasa nesc orion project
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. Triton

    Lockheed Martin LMH-1 heavy-lift hybrid airship

    "Paris Air Show 2015: Lockheed Martin unveils new heavy-lift hybrid airship" Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly 17 June 2015 Source: http://www.janes.com/article/52319/paris-air-show-2015-lockheed-martin-unveils-new-heavy-lift-hybrid-airship
  7. Triton

    BAE Systems M777 Portee System

    Video of BAE Systems M777 Portee System View: https://youtu.be/EO8-4z92pQc
  8. bobbymike

    NASA vision of the spacecraft and base for a human mission to Callisto

    http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/03/nasa-vision-of-spacecraft-and-base-for.html NASA examined revolutionary aerospace systems concepts for human space exploration of the solar system beyond Mars orbit and identified critical technology requirements for the realization of these systems concepts...
  9. Michel Van

    Airliner from 2001: A space Odyssey

    This link give you the frontpage from the new York times, Frank Poole was reading in Discovery. The Front news talks of missing airliner with 2304 people on board ! the craft label HEP/COMM 11-Z4 got twelve engine and take 2500 passengers and crew of 199 it make 2400 mph in 70000 feet...
  10. robunos

    Airbus A330 MRTT

    Here's an image of the Voyager that flew past at this year's Cosford Air Show... cheers, Robin.
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    • 2000s 2010s 2020s airbus cold war ii ifr inflght refueling post-cold war royal air force united kingdom war on terror
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. M

    So what's going to be the results of this so called Peace dividend?

    Hello there, long time lurker, first time poster as they say, so my first post is a spot of a challenge. The Cold War instead of ending when it did thanks to Mr Gorbachev being a realist, has continued through to 18th October 2012, NATO forces are now in the process of being reduced, so think...
    • MrT
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    • 1990s 2000s alternate history cold war early 2010s great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield soviet union united states warsaw pact western europe what-if
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  12. Grey Havoc

    A DEFINITIVE WORK ON FACTORS IMPACTING THE ARMING OF UNMANNED VEHICLES

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

    Submarine towed payload module.

    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...
  14. RyanC

    Ground Based Interceptor (GBI)

    CTV-01 test just occurred on 27 January 2013. No target involved. The EKV separated from the booster, and carried out a series of preprogrammed manouvers to validate that the problem which caused the last test in December 2010 to fail had been correctly identified and fixed. The test was...
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    • 2000s 2010s 2020s ballistic missile defense cold war ii post-cold war united states united states air force united states missile defense agency
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. Triton

    NHIndustries NH90

    NH90 has been sized and conceived to be able to operate from any type of prepared or unprepared surfaces and to satisfy already in its basic design the entire specific feature requested by tactical transport requirements. Sharing common basis, only the on-board mission system differentiates the...
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    • 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s airbus helicopters anti-submarine warfare cold war cold war ii late 1980s nato helicopter management agency nh industires nhindustries north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war war on terror
    • Replies: 368
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  16. Michel Van

    Advance Ariane 5 studies from 1990s

    ESA made in beginn 1990 several study for advance Ariane 5 rocket, what let to big Ariane super lourd concept 1991 also they study this interesting Idea Ariane 5 with TWO Vulcain (HM60) engines with each 800 kN thrust and 220 tons fuel in EPC The Idea behind the concept is this Problem...
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    • 1990s 2000s arianespace cold war early 21st century european space agency heavy lift vehicle late 20th century post-cold war reusable launch vehicle space age space race vtvl war on terror western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  17. Grey Havoc

    COMBATANT CRAFT MEDIUM (CCM), MK 1

    Because of a little disagreement over in Naval Projects, I did a bit more digging on this program and found some interesting facts that I thought merited a new topic (here for the moment, rather than Military, since the prototypes don't seem to have been built yet). The Combatant Craft, Heavy...
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    • 2000s early 2010s special operations united states navy war on terror
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    • Forum: The Bar
  18. Grey Havoc

    Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5laK2JopaVE&feature=player_embedded NASA: Satellite won't fall on US (msnbc Cosmic Log) <a href="http://www.space.com/12899-nasa-falling-satellite-uars-space-junk-infographic.html"> <img...
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    • 2000s cold war early 1990s early 2010s late 1980s nasa post-cold war space race united states
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. R

    Seagull unmaned flyingboat

    Several years ago, US navy lauched an unmaned sea-plane project, called Seagull. Do you remember it and do you have more information?
    • rousseau
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    • 2000s defense advanced research projects agency united states navy war on terror
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. Steve Pace

    Boeing 747-8 Freighter, 747-8 Intercontinental

    Boeing's 747-8 Intercontinental making its first flight today (3/20/2011). This is Boeing's largest ever airliner. This image is of a high-speed taxi test on 3/18/2011. I'll post flight photos when they are available. -SP
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