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This topic is for discussion of the expected announcement of a contract award for the US Navy F/A-XX and will be renamed once the chosen contractor is Northrop Grumman named.

working off the artist renderings, we can get a general idea of the visible platform and shapes. I'm not exactly sure how swept the tailing edge of the canards are. Or of any anlges used here (I assumed 42deg a la f22). In reality, it may be stretched WAY further to accomodate a higher mach...

I'm looking for the specs of the Motorola SST-series radar transponders (sometimes referred to as beacons) and information on which aircraft types they have served. Can anyone help? Did the series include more transponder types than the four listed below? SST-119X SST-131 SST-171C or X...

I'd like to verify if there were other TACAN-equipped Lima sites in Laos apart from the following ones? LS-85 TACAN ch. 97 active till 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_Site_85 LS-61 TACAN ch 77 at Muang Phalan active till 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muang_Phalan_TACAN_Site

Likewise, this deserves a topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_YFQ-42 https://www.ga-asi.com/ga-asi-welcomes-usaf-designation-for-new-cca-yfq-42a

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-may-need-to-extend-kc-135-service-life/ You can also refer to this thread as an introduction to the discussion: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/next-c-130-will-be-a-vertical-lift-cargo-plane.37360/

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/march/crash-fleet-emergency-shipbuilding-program?fbclid=IwY2xjawJJOFJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUgixg5BbVl9szpLOXjEQy0cVdBQhX2oWJVywIL1a0SpmUNiv0EdaG6Dbg_aem_ZQDWwg4VihHQeweCijRPYA In nearly every conflict we’ve been involved in since the advent of steam...

One of the first great communication 'collapses' in history was the advent of the electric telegraph which drastically reduced communications times across large distances. Permitting this 'time compressing' technology to cross the oceans seemed an insurmountable problem, especially in an era...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/oil-tanker-cargo-ship-collide-north-sea/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t

First, my apologies: Recent eye-surgery has temporarily hobbled my Google_Fu... ( APHont and Ctrl-Scroll zoom for the win...) IIRC, US sent but one (1) B-29 to UK to astonish and, yes, boost morale... If deployed in numbers, such as for Silver-plate / Saddletree delivery, some spares might...

Greetings from Dallas as here for Verticon 2025 (formerly Heli Expo for several decades) organised by the Vertical Aviation International (formerly Helicopter Association International) so privileged to be invited by Robinson Helicopter to see their revolutionary new R88. As a first it carries...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzlk259g2o https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ck-hutchison-sell-80-stake-hutchison-ports-group-1777-billion-deal-2025-03-04/ Regards,

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Sort of a general topic here, and I hope this is the best spot for it. My question is how one would fix the miserable state that shipbuilding for the USN is in. I've got to assume commercial shipbuilding has suffered greatly as well due to many of the same conditions. It sounds like there aren't...

The Pale Ale designator refers to a U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) program that operates and maintains Bombardier Q200 (former De Havilland Canada Dash-8-201/202) reconnaissance aircraft as as "Transit Zone Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)" to support counternarcotics detection monitoring...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm9ndw9xeeo https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-actor-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/gene-hackman-tribute-death/ Greats still going, right, and center. Rest In Peace :(

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https://people.com/southwest-plane-nearly-collides-with-private-jet-at-chicago-airport-aborts-landing-to-avoid-crash-11686225 https://www.9news.com.au/world/southwest-airlines-plane-aborts-landing-to-avoid-colliding-with-private-jet-at-chicago-midway-airport/4e95d108-d386-4a50-bd34-be1ad96cca46...

Hello, Described in both Naval Fighters #75: Grumman F7F Tigercat and F7F Tigercat in Action is a zero-length launch rack for launching the 11.75" Tiny Tim rocket without need for a drop beforehand, developed at NOTS China Lake and intended for the F7F. Evidently it seems it's only for the...