20th century

although no pictures exist there is supposed to be a model of the proposed RFA replenishment ship with nuclear power in the massive Greenwich collection. I have never been able to get to see this model, but based on some small drawings of mercantile UK reactor designs in an old Airfix magazine...

I am sure that many remember this Popular Mechanics article or one of the many like it back then on a rumoured type of Russian concrete sub with 200 mph Shkval rocket torpedoes: Concrete Submarines Cheap and deadly, these stealthy boats could shift the balance of naval power. December 1998...

In 2006 Nick Cook published an article in Janes, etc. describing a Lockheed project called Penetrating High Altitude Endurance (PHAE). This was described as a HALE UAV much like Polecat, Tier 3, Tier 3-, etc. etc. etc. Source: http://www.janes.com/defence/news/idr/idr060321_1_n.shtml Here's...

Many years ago I read about SWATH being the ideal hull form for future naval ships because of their superior seakeeping ability to monohulls. There stability made them ideal for carriers according to an article I read in Proceedings of the American Naval Institute. We breifly saw concept art...

A collection of Italian Never build project for Marina Militare Italiana (MMI) and export customer. I can offer CV, Cruiser, Frigate, Corvette, FAC and PHM

Shortly after the recommissioning of the ex-Hermes as the the INS Viraat in 1987, there were reports from India of long term plans for a 4 carrier fleet,with two new construction hulls and both ex-Hermes/Viraat and ex-Leviathan/Vikrant being retained in service until the late 1990s. A contract...

Hi, I know many ducted fan aircraft and projects were designed,the Jethawk II project and Marvel aircraft. http://massflow.archivale.com/

you know it from TV in Star Trek, the Klingons and Romulan use Cloaking device or in Anime Full Metall Panic, have Invisible Helicopter. only Sci Fi ? NO ! in 2006 David Schurig and his colleagues at Duke University in Durham, imagined the first and most primitive Cloaking device . It...

starting from Mammoth tank on game Command and Conquer...... there some project of tank that have inspired this type of tank ?

When was the technology available for the introduction of SkyCats should a demand for their capability arise earlier?

Hi, Antonov SKV VTOL aircraft project which led to develope An-14;

Does anyone have any additional information on the proposed Royal Dockyard at Northfleet? Royal Dockyards by Philip MacDougall Pages 134 – 136. In the light of John Rennie’s great experience as an engineer, it is interesting to consider observations he made on various royal yards in 1807...

A number of SES concpts were proposed in the 1990's - France built a demonstrator, so did Germany, and of course Norway put a minecounter measures boat and FAC into production and sweden developed an experimental stealth SES.

I forgot Colani designs. So here they are: 1. Cygnus - was projected gigantic passanger plane for soviet airlines Aeroflot from 80s. It was designed for extreme climatic and geographic conditions. It was powered by two bolt - like ducted fans. 2. This is hypersonic Mach 5 passanger plane from...