united states

  1. C

    Happy Fourth of July!

    Happy Fourth of July 2025! I hope everyone here enjoys their Independence Day. Here's to our veterans serving overseas and to their loved ones waiting for them at home.
  2. Dronescapes

    Convair: Engineering the Military and Civil Aviation Future

    Convair: Engineering the Military and Civil Aviation Future
    • Dronescapes
    • Thread
    • aerospace industry airliner b-58 civil aviation cold war convair f-102 f-106 jet age strategic air command strategic bomber united states united states air force
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  3. Hull down

    New Air Force and Navy long range strike aircrafts in OBBBA?

  4. W

    Clone Bell 207 Sioux Scout at Army Aviation Museum

    • William207
    • Thread
    • bell aerospace bell aircraft corporation bell helicopter company cold war helicopter united states united states army united states army aviation museum
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    New York Again Embraces Nuclear Power With Plans to Build New Plant (The New York Times)

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/nyregion/new-york-nuclear-power-plant.html
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2025 21st century airports atomic power cold war ii new york nuclear power united states
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  6. bobbymike

    BWB Arsenal Plane / Transport Aircraft as alternative to B-21

    https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/july/case-next-generation-heavy-bomber?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLTWvRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHotLMT_i9jMwbZHJqk57gZUYwX_rYjyERzBKI5Hp9oMEvUj93GvkIKuHtVbz_aem_K2fkdp5_6sDVHy2Wk9nWMw Still think a BWB arsenal plane makes the most sense. Then leverage the design into...
  7. overscan (PaulMM)

    1972 ASD Projects

    June 26 1972 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology is dedicated to ASD and its work.
    • overscan (PaulMM)
    • Thread
    • 1972 aeronautical systems division aerospace defense command air defence aviation week and space technology awacs early 1970s interceptors nuclear powered aircraft rpv stol strategic defence surface-to-air missile united states united states air force v/stol wright air development center
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. Dilandu

    Merging NATO and Warsaw Pact technology

    A purely techno-speculative thread, frankly. What I wanted is to speculate: what if NATO and Warsaw Pact schools of military technology were forced to merge together by, say, a common (and big!) threat, arising during the late Cold War? So the question: what could be achieved if late Cold War...
    • Dilandu
    • Thread
    • 1980s 1990s alternate history asia british commonwealth cold war north atlantic treaty organisation pacific ocean sino-korean-japanese commonwealth soviet union united states warsaw pact western europe what-if
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  9. Grey Havoc

    Detachment 201 (U.S. Army Executive Innovation Corps)

    https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/06/armys-not-sure-what-its-new-executive-innovation-corps-will-actually-do/406325/
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2025 cold war ii department of defense late 2020s trump administration united states united states army
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. J

    Austal USA's unique ship float process

    Austal USA, located in Mobile Alabama, uses a unique procedure to float ships. After module construction, modules are transported a short distance down the road to two final assembly halls. Once final assembly is complete, the hulls are rolled onto a barge. The hulls are then floated down the...
    • joshjosh
    • Thread
    • austal limited cold war ii commonwealth of australia united states united states coast guard united states coastguard united states navy
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Military
  11. Grey Havoc

    Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (U.S. Army, late 2020s)

    Yet another new round of turf battles is commencing, it would seem. EDIT: Or perhaps I should have said full-fledged turf wars.
  12. Grey Havoc

    Alligator Alcatraz

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rvq1eg8w9o
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2025 cold war ii dade-collier training and transition airport department of homeland security federal emergency management agency fema state of florida trump administration united states
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  13. hesham

    Fairchild Aviation 50 Year History

    Maybe a good one...
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • cold war fairchild aircraft corporation fairchild aircraft manufacturing company fairchild hiller interwar period united states world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  14. bobbymike

    Operation Midnight Hammer

    Apparently the US just hit Fordow and two other Iranian nuke sites. Speculation running high MOPs were used.
    • bobbymike
    • Thread
    • 2025 air force global strike command cold war ii islamic iranian revolutionary guards islamic republic of iran islamic revolutionary guard corps israel defense forces nuclear battlefield state of israel strategic bomber u.s. cyber command united states united states air force united states navy united states space force
    • Replies: 239
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. Graham1973

    McDonnell Douglas Barbarian launch vehicle

    Hazegrey Art just released another CGI video this time covering a McDD competitor to the Titan 'Barbarian'... View: https://youtu.be/RvO31_Odpyg
    • Graham1973
    • Thread
    • cold war heavy lift vehicle launch vehicle mcdonnell douglas nasa post cold war sdi space age space launch system space race strategic defense initiative united states united states air force usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. Michel Van

    Mysterious aircraft over Texas

    On August 5th, 2024, a V-shaped vehicle was captured on infrared night vision over Amarillo, Texas. This X post label it as UFO, i label it as unknown Aircraft, is this a prototype for UVA drone or manned aircraft ? View: https://twitter.com/Cortex_Zero/status/1935465089231970707
    • Michel Van
    • Thread
    • cold war ii unidentified united states
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: The Bar
  17. hesham

    North American F-108 Rapier

    Hi...
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • air defence air defense command cold war interceptor north american aviation strategic defence united states united states air force
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  18. hesham

    Grumman Ring-Wing Missile

    From this report.
  19. A

    USSF Weapon System Designations

    As much as I'm interested in military equipment nomenclature, until today I was completely unaware that the United States Space Force has established a new designation system for its weapon systems. First published in October 2023, and amended/refined in July 2024, it is defined in Space Force...
  20. E

    DARPA wants to build submarine hulls out of ceramic

    Ceramics are remarkable materials. They can be easily molded into arbitrary shapes, they are hard, strong, able to survive extreme temperatures, and resistant to corrosion. But as anyone who has dropped a coffee mug knows, they aren't very tough and are prone to sudden failure. But DARPA has...
    • exclaimedleech8
    • Thread
    • ceramics cold war ii defense advanced research projects agency materials submarine united states
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Military
Back
Top Bottom