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Model of Lockheed Martin/Mitsubishi F-2 Super Kai proposal circa 2005. Sources: http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-3264.html http://www.zonamilitar.com.ar/foros/tecnologia-y-armamento-aereo/1019-mitsubishi-f-2-super-kai.html

DCNS FM400 frigate sales brochure from Euronaval 2008. Source: http://s11.invisionfree.com/shipbucket/ar/t717.htm

Artist's impressions from Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), now QinetiQ, of a possible Future Surface Combatant (FSC) frigate dating to 1998. EDIT: Cutaway drawing of Future Surface Combatant removed because of larger image later in this topic. Sources...

Sea Arrow fast attack ship (Netherlands) Source: http://s11.invisionfree.com/shipbucket/ar/t1392.htm

North American Rockwell OV-10D NOS (Night Observation Surveillance) Bronco Source: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?65214-OV-10-Bronco-commercial-catalog-%28issue-1964%29/page2

Factsheet: http://lockheedmartinpackers.com/auvsi/factsheets/DS-ADP-UCLASS.pdf http://lockheedmartinpackers.com/auvsi/ Edit: I will attach the factsheet (PDF) later during the day.

Source: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/05/07/213675/airbus-studies-a380-style-nose-design-for-a350.html

Found during the Farnborough on the AT-802U. Can somebody identify it?

Fun. I liek the C-5A for scale. Clearly we need a folding wing C-5C to fit below decks. ;D

Story from NTM-A (Nato Training Mission - Afghanistan) Kabul, Afghanistan, May 15, 2010--U.S. Air Force Major Caleb Nimmo is the first American Mi-35 HIND attack helicopter pilot to fly in combat. He is deployed to Afghanistan advising the Afghan National Army Air Corps’ rotary wing squadron...

Piasecki gets the award for the most concept models at AHS 2010. Good news for them is that they got the go-ahead to go to Phase 2 with the X-49 program. That should allow them to go beyond the NATOPS which they were not allowed to do in Phase 1.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html April 26, 2010 We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint By ELISABETH BUMILLER WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was...

DARPA to develop microscale navigational gyro for guided munitions and hand-held devices Posted by John Keller ARLINGTON, Va., 29 April 2010. Navigation and guidance experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry to develop a...

Downloadable at this site - http://www.g8.army.mil/

Since the debate on capabilities and such was begining to overcome the LHX thread I thought I would attempt to move it here. To start the conversation I found this little bit over at AW&ST (...

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/boeing-proposes-missile-with-global-reach/19405693 "The company says it has a missile concept ready, and that if it gets the go-ahead and funding from the Pentagon, the weapon could be ready for fielding within 30 months. The missile, which was developed...

It's a serious project but does anyone think that this 'city at sea' will ever get off the ground? http://www.freedomship.com/freedomship/news/news.shtml

This story scares the bejeebees out of me. :o The MMIII has been refurbished almost completely with new components. If this is system wide the US has no land based strategic deterrent. I have been posting far and wide on the web about replacing the MMIII for both industrial base needs and to...

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/28/334085/kai-outlines-work-on-indigenous-ucav-design.html

Model of Lockheed Martin and Gibbs Technologies Ltd. Amphibious Combat Craft/Expeditionary (ACC/E) vehicle on display at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Winter Symposium and Exhibition 2007. NOTE: Original images reduced in size. Source...