Lockheed & Grumman Multiple Purpose Subsonic Naval Aircraft (MPSNA) studies (1986)

[Yellow Palace]

Came across the Boeing report commissioned as part of this study:

Multiple-Purpose Subsonic Naval Aircraft (MPSNA): Multiple Application Propfan Study (MAPS) - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Study requirements, assumptions and guidelines were identified regarding carrier suitability, aircraft missions, technology availability, and propulsion considerations. Conceptual designs were executed for two missions, a full multimission aircraft and a minimum mission aircraft using three...

ntrs.nasa.gov

Also an updated link for the Lockheed report:

Multiple-Purpose Subsonic Naval Aircraft (MPSNA) Multiple Application Propfan Study (MAPS) - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

A conceptual design study compared a selected propfan-powered aircraft to a turbofan-powered aircraft for multiple Navy carrier-based support missions in the 1995 timeframe. Conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) propfan and turbofan-powered designs and short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL)...

ntrs.nasa.gov

 

[Dew]

Is the MPX on the tail of the Lockheed artist's impression important? Multi-Purpose eXperimental?

Larger courtesy of GRC via NARA:

 

[Stargazer]

Boeing MPSNA proposal, 1985.
Original file: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/354399231
(the title of this topic would imply Boeing's own MPSNA is off-topic, but since there is no better place for it, I suggest to simply make it an MPSNA proposals thread instead!)