YF-23: The Stealth Fighter That Never Was
Kris Osborn
U.S. Air Force,
In 1986, the Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman development deals, offering each team 50-months to build and demonstrate a prototype.
Key point: The Cold War was a time of high defense spending and investments in experimental technology. One of those technologies was the creation of stealth fighter prototypes.
The U.S. Air Force chose to build the F-22 in the 1980s following an extensive and thorough competition, a... Читать дальше...