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The dual mode AGM-65D Maverick anti-radar guided missile Hughes Aircraft Corporation in the United States has built three unites of the Maverick anti-radar guided missile equipped with a dual mode passive radar/television target seeking head. It was designed especially to strike at radar...

Well, unless Biden gets into the Oval Office that is. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/07/16/the-air-force-cancels-its-open-skies-recapitalization-program-after-us-pulls-out-from-treaty/

The other day I was looking at some space proposals from the past and I stumbled upon this beautiful SSTO. I have only been able to find one source that gave some details about it and I'm very much hoping that you guys can help get more details/drawings on this proposal. "The ”Windjammer”...

Sorry, Sierra Nevada Corp. and Textron: The US Air Force isn’t buying light attack planes https://www.defensenews.com/smr/federal-budget/2020/02/10/sorry-sierra-nevada-corp-and-textron-the-us-air-force-isnt-buying-light-attack-planes/ I'm sorry, but yet another scitsophenic episode by the...

Okay, noticed the TR-3 thread was bumped again, and I was gonna make this a post there, but as it concerns a bit of a broader spectrum than just the (probably fictional) TR-3, I may as well make a thread out of it. I've been doing some thinking on the whole concept of the F-117 Companion and its...

In Bill Rose's book Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft, there is mention of an outrageously colossal design for a nuclear-powered flying wing bomber by Lockheed, the L-248-3. The specs for the L-248-3 are as follows judging from what's contained in the book: Length: 89 ft Span...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/hermeus-announces-plan-to-build-the-fastest-aircraft-in-the-world/ Pretty nebulous right now, which is why I didn't post this in Projects. The usual insanely ambitious timeline that they will fail to meet, while blowing through multiple rounds of VC funding.

Gents... ******* NARA II, COLLEGE PARK, MD RG 341 Entry 172 Box 38 Declassified Via NND 813063 ****************************** HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIEL COMMAND WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO 1 May 1946 IN REPLY ADDRESS BOTH COMMUNICATION AND ENVELOPE TO ATTENTION OF FOLLOWING OFFICE SYMBOL...

I need a little help finding the thread for this vehicle study, circa pre-ATF era, maybe Northrop. It had these weapons mounted conformally on top of the fuselage. I remember seeing some artist's renderings. I'm using the search function but i just don't have good keywords to find it. Do you...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Wire-Photo-Nasa-Nuclear-Power-System-Space-Vandenberg-Air-Base-Ca-8X10/163531342290?hash=item26133a41d2:g:A6QAAOSwyeNcVdv9:sc:USPSFirstClass!48185!US!-1

"Trump unveils Missile Defense Review, promises funding for space sensors in 2020" by Sandra Erwin — January 17, 2019 Source: https://spacenews.com/trump-unveils-missile-defense-review-promises-funding-for-space-sensors-in-2020/

Hi. For some whatever reason, a timely article was pu(bli)shed by Sputnik, a Russian media, dealing with an "old" concept of non-nuclear space-based, orbiting kinetic space-to-ground weapon, sometimes described as "Rods from God"...

Thanks to Air21 over at What If Modelers: Thought this design was already mentioned in an existing SPF thread, but I couldn't locate it. I'm wondering if this design originally grew out of one of the 'Model 402' studies. Also, I wonder if there was a late 1970s semi-official USAF requirement...

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-studies-neat-replacement-for-e-4b-e-6b-and-c-3-450842/

I recently happened on a photo of a U.S. Navy tow target which I hadn't previously seen. Linked from the VC-2 squadron page of the A-4 Skyhawk Association website, it was accompanied by no explanatory text, only a short caption saying "1974: Ed Jennings tells us about the "FIGAT". As I was...

Okay Gentlemen, can anyone tell me why the Predator B (Reaper) has it's tail up while its smaller predecessor is tail down?

http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2018/February%202018/USAF-to-Retire-B-1-B-2-in-Early-2030s-as-B-21-Comes-On-Line.aspx

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usaf-northrop-harassment-weapons-1817855401

Thought we had a topic for the CVLSP but I can't find it for love or money, so I'll create this new one for the moment. The USAF's CVLSP replacement effort is not doing so well, not surprising given that at least some of the companies vying for the contract are still obsessed with 'continuum of...

Vought JTACMS (Joint Tactical Missile System) with F-16 model found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-F-16-JTACMS-Topping-Precise-Experimental-Version-Factory-Desk-Model-/182058153075?hash=item2a6382f473:g:E-UAAOSwx-9Wvs4h