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https://mainichi.jp/articles/20240323/k00/00m/010/164000c It just came out that Japan wont be adopting either the M-346 or T-7A for it's next generation trainer, but will be jointly developing a new trainer with the US. There isn't much info on the program right now such as what companies are...

Hello everyone! This is my first post here. For months I have been fascinated by the fictional "F-117X Remora" from the film Executive Decision. In the movie's lore, the Remora was originally created by ARPA (Now DARPA) for the space program, to conduct supersonic low-orbit link ups with the...

Hello all I am looking for a specific aviation fiction book that I read years ago but cannot for the life of me remember the name or author. The plot goes something like this. The US and China are in a fight for domination in the South China Sea. The US has a female president (IIRC). China...

Seen this on MSN News, and it seems like I couldn't find a proper general discussion thread to talk about air-to-air missiles, so until there is one, here it goes: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/usaf-testing-mutant-missiles-that-twist-in-mid-air-to-hit-their-targets/ar-AA18qqkW

I heard rumors about and little bits of info on successors to the LRI-X interceptors that were hypersonic and had missiles with a range of 500 miles is there any info on them like blueprints and performance information?

Hi! https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/1963/0863control.pdf http://nhungdoicanh.blogspot.com/2010/07/northrop-x-21.html https://kerbalx.com/NorthAmericanAviation/Northrop-X-21

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2019/10/11/new-missile-warning-satellites-pass-design-test/ https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/05/19/northrop-grumman-receives-24-billion-for-two-missile-defense-satellites/...

Avro Weapon System 606 A (Interceptor version)

Avro Weapon System 606 A (Tactical bomber version)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eavbt2GLRLg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Climatic_Laboratory

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRQza6IxOjo

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/06/upgradeable-birds-af-taps-hypergiant-for-reconfigurable-satellites/

So i am currently looking into the US development of weapon pods for aircraft and i have trouble finding anything on the Mk 1 > 3 gun pods. I am assuming these exist as there exist a Mk 4 gun pod. That being the common gun pod used on the A-4 Skyhawk among others. Anyone know anything on this...

This is great! Rather appropriate music too.... View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eamnTyfkUBY Enjoy! Mark

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/boeing-resurrects-effort-to-turn-jdam-bomb-into-cheap-cruise-missile/137046.article https://www.airforcemag.com/power-jdam-boeings-new-alternative-to-cruise-missiles/...

The story of Genies repurposed as CBU's for Vietnam. https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-air-force-tried-turning-nuclear-rockets-into-cluster-bombs-937b407dcd69#.6pxvh01ja

"Confirmed: US planned to nuke the moon" Published: 26 November, 2012, 21:13 Source: https://rt.com/usa/news/us-moon-nuclear-project-631/

Giant...V-shaped...blimp... (who said Phoenix Lights?) Seems topical at the moment: (aka 'Ascender') Lowering the High Ground: Using Near-Space Vehicles for Persistent ISR (a Thesis): www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cst/bugs_ch04.pdf TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF LOITERING LIGHTER-THAN-AIR...

In the back of the excellent 'From RAINBOW to GUSTO', there is a timeline of significant events, in the RAINBOW/GUSTO, project. One of the entries in this timeline in the very cryptic '195612/23 First LH2 B-57 flight in Project Bee' there is no other reference to 'Project Bee' anywhere...

while researching for the 'pave gat' thread, i came across this, in 'B-57 Canberra at war 1964-1972', "As the first B-57s came off the production line in june 1954, Martin proposed to the AF a 'Utility Courier' based on the basic Canberra airframe. A passenger compartment seated 6-11 extende...