4 thoughts on “Wednesday What We’re Reading (Sep. 19, 2018)”
Kilo Sierra
Can’t kick a$$ without tanker gas, you don’t need to defeat the F-22, you just need to find the tankers (hello J-20 & PL-15…)
I’d like to see something truly trans-formative for the KC-Y? (-46 is KC-X right?) Boeing, you and NASA built this great wind tunnel and small scale mock-up, how about you build one for a quasi-LO KC-XYZ. Blended Wing Body (BWB) I’m looking at you… and how about two booms while I’m thinking about it – quicker cycle time (aka less exposure). Oh, and design it for 0.95M cruise – oh wait, one of your engineers already did that:
Can’t kick a$$ without tanker gas, you don’t need to defeat the F-22, you just need to find the tankers (hello J-20 & PL-15…)
I’d like to see something truly trans-formative for the KC-Y? (-46 is KC-X right?) Boeing, you and NASA built this great wind tunnel and small scale mock-up, how about you build one for a quasi-LO KC-XYZ. Blended Wing Body (BWB) I’m looking at you… and how about two booms while I’m thinking about it – quicker cycle time (aka less exposure). Oh, and design it for 0.95M cruise – oh wait, one of your engineers already did that:
http://vicomplex.hu/arep/BoeingBWB.pdf
And we should accept that ‘tactical’ aircraft will need four digit combat radii, not the 300-450 NM that current F series are wedded too.
Or Lock-mart:
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23723/lockheed-martin-is-crafting-new-stealth-and-drone-tanker-concepts-for-the-usaf
Those are some sweet tankers.
Ooh, that’s a pretty nifty looking tanker, and a sorely needed one too for Pacific operations.
Calling the Chally 2 upgrade Black Night is a waste of potential. BAE ought to call it Black Prince for maximum confusion.