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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...

Lockheed "The Defender" SDI poster found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-Lockheed-Poster-Killer-Satellites-Louis-De-Latorre-Original-/282065438198?hash=item41ac6905f6:g:W5IAAOSwzJ5XUv0a Seller's description:

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

Hi, a Teal Ruby sat construction portfolio is offered fr sale on the bay as item 111971984788 here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-TEAL-RUBY-P80-1-Satellite-Construction-PHOTOGRAPHS-ALBUM-McDonnell-Douglas-/111971984788 with the following description (extract): "Rare TEAL RUBY P80-1 Satellite...

Is this the F-117A that they are referring to here? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/30/margaret-thatcher-us-french-military-technology-national-archives-top-secret?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Found at OSTI http://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/969600-studies-fourteen-nuclear-powered-airplanes

Apparently the SR 71 was able to evade Soviet air defences simply because it travelled too fast. The reason I am interested in this is that there were proposals in 1960/61 for a British ramjet missile (OR 1182) which would fly at speeds in excess of M = 2 and at high altitude. A report was...

Updated This is updated artwork for the F-23A illustrations I did for Scott Lowther's APR article. Ogami mushashi had noticed some errors in the top view of the F-23A, so I finally got around to updating it. All views were updated. I'll probably do some updates for the NATF as well. I added...

They could skip the KC-Y competition and go straight to the KC-Z. http://www.defensenews.com/articles/air-force-could-pursue-stealthy-penetrating-kc-z-tanker

New article from AW, including an image captioned 'This accurate model show the original KH-11 design that, like Hubble, carried about a 8-ft. mirror but with a shorter instrument base section.' Just looks like an image of Hubble to me & it would be a first for an image of it to be reproduced of...

Story hit Bloomberg yesterday. Former Computer Science guy wants to build a 40 seat Concorde, more at the link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-21/this-aerospace-company-wants-to-bring-supersonic-civilian-travel-back It is notable that the design shows minimal concern for noise...

Hi, here is my card model by Arnold Ehricke dubbed "Space Lifeboat" http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Space-Lifeboat.html Mayby for some one it will be interesting! P.S. many thanks for Justo Miranda! http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3531.0

Hi, http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19550221/21/2/zoom

Created as a holding place for the actual announcement due later today. It seems logical to separate this from the long-running thread on the Next Generation Bomber Studies. If the moderators disagree, we can merge it back. Here's the announcement of the announcement, including a link to the...

Does this mean that the A-10 Thunderbolt II has been saved from the budget cutting block? "Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S. Air Force A-10 TLPS Task Orders" Published November 19, 2013 | By Marcel van Leeuwen Source...

Issue #01 of US Launch Vehicle Projects has just come out: http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=2103 Pre-Saturn Phase III Vehicles: 1958 concept for clustered Atlas boosters Boeing “Big Onion”: an SSTO to launch SPS Northrop TAV: an in-flight propellant transfer spaceplane Martin...

Hi, the Britsih engineering Randolph S. Rae which worked for USAF,and invented the REX,it was a hydrogen powered engine with new system,for recce and spy aircraft, and that was in 1954. The Aviation Historian 08

Hi, the Janus was created by TRW Space Technology Laboratories,Redondo Beach,California in USA,and it was a manned orbital spacecraft with a delta wing stage as a re-entry vehicle. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.28224 Anyone wants this file,please send to me a private massage with...

As per this item today (10-Nov-2014), Gizmodo is starting a series of posts "showcasing the work of some of the most noted aerospace artists." They start today with Attila Héjja (Hejja): The Hungarian-Born Painter Who Immortalized America's Space Program by Atilla Nagy, Gizmodo - 10-Nov-2014 **...

"B-52 Re-engine Resurfaces As USAF Reviews Studies" Oct 10, 2014 Bill Sweetman | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Source: http://aviationweek.com/defense/b-52-re-engine-resurfaces-usaf-reviews-studies