The LFAX-4 and LFAX-8 embodied features that would subsequently be evident in the McDonnell Douglas F-15 and Northrop Grumman F-14 aircraft. The LFAX-8 design made an indelible impression on the McDonnell Douglas design team, which embraced the fundamental layout of the NASA configuration. The cranked-wing design of the LFAX-8 had to be modified by McDonnell Douglas as the requirements for transonic maneuvering became more important. Another modification to the LFAX-8 involved the installation of a larger radar dish in the nose than the NASA team had allowed for in their design. The installation required a larger diameter nose cone, and although the NASA researchers deplored the increased supersonic drag caused by the larger nose, the final design incorporated the larger dish.