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  1. B

    Space Station Concepts

    For all those one off types...
    • Barrington Bond
    • Thread
    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war space age space race space station
    • Replies: 174
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  2. JAZZ

    PA NG - next gen French Aircraft carrier program

    DCN's offering to the PA-2 requirement - conventional layout and non-nuclear.
    • JAZZ
    • Thread
    • cold war ii early 21st century france french fifth republic marine nationale post-cold war war on terror
    • Replies: 483
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Sferrin

    Aérospatiale / MBDA EUROSAM Aster missile family

    Here's an early Aster test vehicle.
    • Sferrin
    • Thread
    • aérospatiale alcatel alenia space anti-air warfare area air defence ballistic missile defense cold war cold war ii early 21st century eurosam eurosam gie famille de missiles sol-air futurs late 20th century marina militare marine nationale mbda post-cold war surface-to-air missile thales group thomson-csf
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. C

    XM2001 Crusader 155mm SPH (Self Propelled Howitzer)

    I have a lot informations about XM-2001 Crusader but nothing about "light" version (specifications) . These one had only six wheels but i have no dimensions (lenght ? etc...) ;D
    • cador
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war spg u.s. army united states army war on terror
    • Replies: 86
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. R

    M1 Abrams MBT Replacement

    My first post, I think. Bear with me... I've tried several times now to find more info on this Abrams CATTB (Component Advanced Technology TestBed), but Google and co lead me to VERY limited information. Text in the pic tell you all I know. Does Anyone know if Jane's International Defence...
    • rabid stoat
    • Thread
    • 1980s 1990s 2020s armored systems modernization cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century mbt post-cold war tacom tank tank design united states army united states marine corps
    • Replies: 1,448
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. hesham

    Lockheed C-130 Hercules Prototypes, Variants & Projects

    Hi, The Lockheed had old project called C-130J,it was developed from C-130E with increase aileron and rudder chords,wider u/c track,improved braking system and additional armoured protection; do you have a drawing to it ?,(of course I know there was a new project to lockheed in 1996 called...
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • airborne command post c-130 close air support coin aircraft cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century lockheed lockheed martin north atlantic treaty organisation post cold war special operations united states united states air force usa weather reconnaissance
    • Replies: 379
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. JAZZ

    German Short Range SAMs

    seems to have been a number of german short range SAM programmes in the late 1990's Perhaps for our german memebrs - BGT version of HFK/KV a two stage missile, with boster and coast to target second stage at mach-3 to a range of 12km. Photo below (JSWS-issue 30) others were DASA HKK/L2 missile...
    • JAZZ
    • Thread
    • air defence anti-tank missile battlefield air defence cold war cold war ii early 21st century federal republic of germany forward area air defense french fifth republic hypervelocity missiles late 20th century manpads north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war spaam surface-to-air missile war on terror west germany
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  8. GTX

    Submarine-Launched Ship-To-Air Missiles

    Hi folks, Apparently, back in 1972, the RN Submarine HMS Aeneas tested the Submarine-Launched Air Missile (SLAM) system consisting of 6 Blowpipe SAMs in a retractable mount in the conning tower. Israel may have used the system. Regards, Greg
  9. Mike Pryce

    'Save' the Red Arrows

    For those interested, there is an online petition on the 10 Downing Street website asking for the Red Arrows to be funded into the future - by all accounts current plans are to to scrap them around 2011 when the fatigue life of their Hawks runs out. The petition is at...
    • Mike Pryce
    • Thread
    • early 21st century late 2000s royal air force royal air force aerobatic team
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  10. hesham

    Antonov Projects

    Hi, Antonov SKV VTOL aircraft project which led to develope An-14;
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • 20th century cold war cold war ii early 21st century post-cold war soviet union ukraine ukrainian crisis ussr
    • Replies: 165
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  11. flateric

    North American Rockwell / Boeing B-1 Lancer

    If someone happy to have hi-res version of these North American Rockwell PR drawings (NA-73-400, Rev 9-83), I would be very obliged for sharing them with me. Thank you.
    • flateric
    • Thread
    • air force global strike command boeing bomber cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century north american aviation north american rockwell nuclear battlefield post-cold war rockwell international strategic air command strategic bomber supersonic united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 684
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. hesham

    Boeing Model Designations: the 700 series

    From USA, Boeing-777 (ORIGINAL DESIGN) :a three engined version of B-767-200 but no buyer killed the project. Projects to Boeing from 1970s, Boeing 7N7 was twin jet engined medium range transport airliner,Boeing 7X7 was larger project as three turbofans engines...
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • boeing cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  13. R

    Polish projects since 1945

    Hello! I´ve reading in a polish website about some polish projects of different types of postwar aircrafts http://powiat.mielec.pl/poser/samoloty/index.htm But sadly the links to the illustrations are broken. Anybody know something more about it? There is two of them: Raravia
    • raravia
    • Thread
    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century polish people's republic post-cold war republic of poland warsaw pact
    • Replies: 58
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  14. TinWing

    CVN-77, CVX, and CVN-21 Design Studies

    Here is FAS link from 1997: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/cvx-alt/index.html As you can see, the drawings survive but the NAVSEA reports are long offline. Were there any public documents that gave specifications for the design studies?
    • TinWing
    • Thread
    • 1990s 2000s aircraft carrier early 21st century late 20th century naval sea systems command navsea nuclear powered vessels post-cold war semi-submersibles stealth united states united states navy war on terror
    • Replies: 111
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  15. Sundog

    F-14 Tomcat Projects

    I was wondering if anyone has any more information on the version of the Tomcat II shown in the image below? It's obviously stealthier than the standard version and has inlets similar to the F-22, but I was wondering if anyone here has all three views or any renderings or pictures of models of...
    • Sundog
    • Thread
    • 1970s 1980s cold war early 21st century fighter bomber fleet air defense interceptor imperial iranian air force interceptor late 1960s late 20th century post-cold war strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance united states united states marine corps united states navy variable geometry
    • Replies: 420
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  16. Matej

    Luigi Colani's improbable designs

    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...
    • Matej
    • Thread
    • 20th century cold war early 21st century federal republic of germany late 20th century lutz colani post-cold war ussr west germany
    • Replies: 84
    • Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects
  17. flateric

    Boeing Sonic Cruiser aka 'Project 20XX' aka 'Project Glacier'

    I'm interested in Sonic Cruiser iterations 3-views, if any were published (AFAIK, design was very touchy security question for a long). I have all images from Cruiser-related 3 or so Boeing's patents, but want something more accurate. Thanks.
    • flateric
    • Thread
    • airliner boeing civil aviation early 2000s early 21st century late 1990s late 20th century united states war on terror
    • Replies: 87
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  18. Sentinel Chicken

    NEWS: Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets

    Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter When Boeing names an airplane design after a Muppet, it must be pretty different. Two small teams at the company are re-imagining the airplane in futuristic configurations that...
  19. flateric

    McDonnell Douglas & Boeing BWB projects

    http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/bwb_main.html - several streaming QuickTime videos of LARC WT tests http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/x48b.html - several hi-res photos...
    • flateric
    • Thread
    • air mobility command boeing bombers cold war cold war ii early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force war on terror
    • Replies: 109
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. D

    Unbuilt B-52 projects

    Two non built versions of the B-52: -The "Colossal Guppy" projected to replace the NASA's Guppys . It is a project of the sixties that was refloated in the 90s (alone be abandoned again). Twelve motors and a " hump " of twelve meters. -A illustration of 1993 showing at a B-52 as platform...
    • Dronte
    • Thread
    • boeing cold war early 21st century late 20th century nuclear battlefield post-cold war strategic air command strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force
    • Replies: 139
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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