For educational purposes
By the year 2000 a new range of major combat aircraft and weapon systems will have entered service with the world's air forces.
Their extraordinary capabilities, made possible by new technologies ranging from 'fly-by-wire' to 'Stealth', will rewrite the rules of air combat and make most of today's fast jsts look antiquated.
FUTURE COMBAT AIRCRAFT uses unique footage to take you into the 21st Century, most of the projects which are leading to one of the most exciting periods in the history of flight are covered in a wealth of hitherto classified action footage:
Fightere :
- ALR Piranha
- BAs (ACA) Agile Combat Aircraft Demonstrator
- Dassault Rafale
- General Dynamics F-16 XL and F-18/AFTI
- Grumman X-29
- Lockheed Stealth F-117
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 BTOL
- Saab JA839 Gripen
Bombers :
- Rockwell B-1B Lancer
- Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Transports :
- Boeing YC-14
- McDonnell Dougles YC-15
- Boing C-17 Globemaster
Vertical Lift :
- Bell OH-58D Kiowa
- Bell/Sikoraky S-75 Advanced Composite Airframe
program demonstrator
- European Helicopters EH 101
- McDonnell Douglas NOTAR demonstrator
- Sikorsky S-68 Advancing Blade Concept demonstrator
- Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
- Bell XV-15
The superbe footage is accompanied with a detailed script by BILL GUNSTON.
