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  1. hesham

    Ford Ground-Effect Vehicle of 1962

    From Aviation magazine 1962, was this Ford consider a flying vehicle or not ?.
  2. hesham

    Mystery Old Airplane to ID

    From Vintage magazine, here is an old mystery airplane to ID ?,the picture number "1" is the cover of the magazine.
  3. Grey Havoc

    Defense Production Act

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-mulls-using-sweeping-powers-to-ramp-up-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-idUSKCN20L2S0
  4. uk 75

    Lance versus Blue Water

    I should know the answer to this. When does Lance first emerge as a likely replacement for Honest John and Sergeant and even Corporal, given its range. I only ask because Lance does seem to make Blue Water pretty pointless as it has better range and more mobile with its M548 based launcher...
  5. hesham

    Eugene Gluhareff Helicopters & Projects

    Hi, Mr. Eugene Gluhareff established a development company in 1952 to carry out research into pressure-jet powered light helicopters and aircraft,he designed MEG-1X,MEG-2X & MEG-3X,as a personal strap-on helicopter rig concepts, followed by GS-12 & GS-14,a rotary-wing drones. He also developed...
  6. Grey Havoc

    Endgame for Iran Nuclear deal?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51104579 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51109166
  7. T

    DARPA Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) - Aurora Flight Sciences X-65A

    DARPA has launched in August its research program for Active flow control airframe demonstrator called CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effecters) : https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/control-of-revolutionary-aircraft-with-novel-effecters-proposers-day I thought we needed a...
  8. sferrin

    USMC Doctrine Changes

    Sure. Is this thread?
  9. Grey Havoc

    Aerostat comes down in family's backyard

    https://science.slashdot.org/story/19/10/27/1345201/samsung-satellite-crashes-into-familys-backyard
  10. Flyaway

    Viking mission to Mars

    Yep George Levin has stirred this up again with a new opinion piece in Scientific American. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/im-convinced-we-found-evidence-of-life-on-mars-in-the-1970s/ Here’s a support article...
  11. T

    M551 Sheridan-derived IFVS?

    I read in Osprey's excellent New Vanguard 153 - M551 Sheridan that, at Fort Bragg, they had a short-lived program to develop a "paratroop fighting vehicle" in the 80s - similar to the Russian/Soviet BMD series- based on a turretless Sheridan. Several prototypes were allegedly constructed, making...
  12. F

    Commercial Space Station

    Another new NASA project based on the NextSTEP program. Story https://spacenews.com/nasa-looks-to-support-development-of-commercial-space-stations/ Obviously Bigelow will make this a "must win" effort. Hopefully, someone will have an artificial G proposal. Or maybe Bigelow can steal an old...
  13. F

    Artemis Moon Program

    Artemis is the overall NASA program aimed at re-establishing manned lunar exploration which includes the "lunar gateway". A human rated, reusable lander is being developed using the model of the commercial crew program. The schedule goal is to conduct the first, un-crewed landing in 2024...
  14. F

    NASA Hercules Landing Vehicle

    From NASA Systems Analysis And Concepts Division https://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/vab/vab-projects/hercules/ So let’s see, we got: -an escape capsule -an escape module within the escape capsule -a ballute decelerator -parachutes -deployable crush absorber -and retro rockets And the abandoned...
  15. Ravinoff

    Musings on the "F-117 Companion"

    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...
  16. uk 75

    Space 1975 Could Von Braun's vision have worked

    Just been leafing through a copy of an old Brooke Bond card album about spaceflight which ends with various NASA projects planned before Nixon went for a leaner option I also have Stephen Baxter's novel VOYAGE about a US manned mission to Mars in the 80s. To get the Von Braun vision to work...
  17. AN/AWW-14(V)

    FOG-M, EFOGM and LongFOG

    FOG-M vs QUH-1 :cool: lucky shooter Jane's Land-Based Air Defence 1992-93
  18. Grey Havoc

    The United States Territory of Greenland?

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSS3N23B02I https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/us/politics/trump-greenland.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49367792
  19. E

    Northrop 1955 Memo Report N-69 Rocket Booster Jetavator Program

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northrop-1955-Memo-Report-N-69-Rocket-Booster-Jetavator-Program/153049071039?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item23a26f7dbf:g:aK0AAOSw3FBbFTxl&enc=AQADAAAB4KX%2FKt4E1xf3SDqEdBclaYZpl9b7CbCFTtirBU43v%2BnRigz8vJB7cJnwh%2Fu5mcbZchzrNGlDZMAi493Xw9nM3N%2BFFab%2BTu08jf9WM86JEg6aN6DMHEt...
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