I was just wondering if anyone ad any detailed info on either of these recce platforms,and possibly some detailed photos or drawings of the recce nose configurations of these planes.
So far,all I've found it that the Kfir CR.2 did become operational,but I'd assume in very small numbers,while the...
cold war
colombian air force
early21stcentury
fighter
israel aerospace industries
israeli air force
late 20th century
post-cold war
republic of colombia
republic of south africa
south african air force
south african defence force
I have spent a considerable time searching the web for details, but to-date have not found what I am looking for.
There have been occaisions in the past when, due to budgetary and/or political changes the British Royal Navy have had to re-appraise plans.
What I am looking for in particular...
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Some additions to widely known file (http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/soviet.html) with codenames of aircraft and missiles. The information is taken from FAS.org and Wiki (sorry :) )
DOD NATO Missile
AA-2D Advanced Atoll without changes
AA-2-2 Advanced Atoll...
cold war
cold war ii
department of defense
early21stcentury
late 20th century
north atlantic treaty organisation
people's republic of china
post-cold war
soviet union
united states
ussr
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
1990s
2000s
bae systems
early 2010s
early21stcentury
late 20th century
maritime patrol aircraft
ministry of defence
nimrod 2000
nimrod mra.4
post-cold war
replacement maritime patrol aircraft
royal air force
staff requirement (air) 420
united kingdom
war on terror
The concept seems great and I'm convinced that it will in the not too distant future begin to have a significant impact on societies. I would like to invest what little I can, but in what exactly?
World Aeros Corporation seems like the leader in the field to me. I've seen several articles...
1990s
2000s
airlift
defense advanced research projects agency
early21stcentury
late 20th century
navair
naval air systems command
naval surface warfare center carderock division
nswc carderock division
office of naval research
post-cold war
sealift
seaplane
transport aircraft
war on terror
wig
wing in ground
IL Aerospace Technologies (ILAT) was the sole Israeli entrant to the Ansari X-prize competition.
Their initial X-prize entry was the Negev-5 (Negevs 1 through 4 being various planned subscale/prototypes). Like the da Vinci Project entry, the first 'stage' was a balloon that lifted the hybrid...
There's a press release at http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_VvXu5YSgMA1ABk0cR3fKt9ccdgD9IHK1V04?docId=D9IHK1V04 about a proposed new space station for space tourists. First part of the press release is:
There's more information at...
1960's to 1970's
Silent Joe
Silent Joe II
POBOL
HASKV
POBOL-S
1980's
HAPP
HI SPOT
1990's ?
On the Global Near Space Services web page it lists chief Scientist Dr. Adam Chu as having worked on "a phased array radar integrated into a powered, station-keeping stratospheric blimp" but no...
sublight
Thread
airships
blimp
cold war
early21stcentury
jet age
late 20th century
lighter than air
post-cold war
remote sensing
space age
united states
war on terror
Artist's impressions from Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), now QinetiQ, of a possible Future Surface Combatant (FSC) frigate dating to 1998.
EDIT: Cutaway drawing of Future Surface Combatant removed because of larger image later in this topic.
Sources...
anti-submarine warfare
area air defence
defence evaluation and research agency
early 2000s
early21stcentury
frigate
frigates
late 1990s
late 20th century
post-cold war
royal navy
united kingdom
war on terror
Wings of Russia Studio has created a fascinating 18-part, so far, documentary series titled Wings of Russia that documents the history of Russian and Soviet aviation. The episodes are available on DVD in the Russian and English languages. Alas, it is only seems to be available for order in the...
Piasecki gets the award for the most concept models at AHS 2010. Good news for them is that they got the go-ahead to go to Phase 2 with the X-49 program. That should allow them to go beyond the NATOPS which they were not allowed to do in Phase 1.
2010
american helicopter society (ahs) international
autogyro
early 2010s
early21stcentury
helicopters
piasecki aircraft corporation
post-cold war
united states
unmanned aerial vehicle
vtol
war on terror
2010s
2020s
biden administration
cold war ii
early21stcentury
obama administration
post-cold war
transformation
trump administration
u.s. army
united states
united states army
war on terror
Renowned space artist Robert McCall, whose artwork may be found on many attachments here at Secret Projects illustrating various NASA concepts, died of a heart attack on February 26, 2010 at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Hospital. He was 90 years old.
Obituary at Space.com...
american society of aviation artists
astronomical art
cold war
columbus college of art and design
columbus fine art school
early21stcentury
late 20th century
nasa
national space society
science fiction
society of illustrators
space age
space art
space race
united states
Whilst doing something else I decided to compile a list of General Electric turbine engines with "GExx" designations. GE has obviously used also other designation series, so anyone who wants can add those. Also, as usual, any additions or corrections are welcome.
Note that I'm not certain if the...
cold war
cold war ii
early21stcentury
general electric
general electric aircraft engines
general electric company
jet age
late 20th century
post-cold war
space age
united states
Artist's impression of the Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship - Israel (LCS-I) for the Israeli Navy. Some sources define LCS-I as Littoral Combat Ship - International.
Drawing showing the participation of the United States Defense Industry and the Israeli Defense Industry in the LCS-I...
early 2010s
early21stcentury
green water
israel defense forces
israeli navy
late 2000s
littoral operations
lockheed martin
mediterranean
post-cold war
state of israel
united states
united states navy
war on terror
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