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In 1963, the U.S. Department of Defense established a designation system for rockets and guided missiles jointly used by all the United States armed services. [1] It superseded the separate designation systems the Air Force and Navy had for designating US guided missiles and drones, but also a short-lived interim USAF system for guided missiles and rockets.
The Douglas GAM-87 Skybolt (AGM-48 under the 1963 Tri-service system) was a hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) developed by the United States during the late 1950s. The basic concept was to allow US strategic bombers to launch their weapons from well outside the range of Soviet defenses, as much as 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from ...
Only aircraft designated after the adoption of the Tri-Service system are listed below. For aircraft in the sequence designated before 1962, see List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) § H: Helicopter (1948–1962). H-46 Sea Knight – Boeing Vertol; H-47 Chinook – Boeing Vertol; H-48 – Bell (redesignated UH-1F)
A slightly modified version, designated RP-78, was supplied to the U.S. Navy; it used a more powerful rocket, producing 99,000 lb f (440 kN) of thrust, [4] to propel the drone to a top speed of Mach 1.25. [2] In 1963, the RP-76 and RP-78 received the designations AQM-38A and AQM-38, respectively, in the new "tri-service" missile designation ...
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The AGM-64 Hornet was a missile produced by the United States. In the early 1960s, North American Aviation produced a missile design for the U.S. Air Force's Anti-Tank Guided Aircraft Rocket (ATGAR) project. The ATGAR was ultimately not produced, but the Air Force was impressed enough that in 1963 it awarded North American a development ...
Rocket 3 (2020-2022) LauncherOne (2020–2023) Firefly Alpha (2021-present) Space Launch System (2022-present) RS1 (2023-present) Terran 1 (2023) SpaceX Starship (2023-present) Vulcan Centaur (2024-present) New Glenn (Under development, expected 2024) Rocket 4 (Under development, expected 2025) Neutron (Under development, expected 2025)
Before the introduction of the tri-service designation system, the F-4 Phantom II was designated F4H by the U.S. Navy, and F-110 Spectre by the U.S. Air Force. The Tri-Service aircraft designation system is a unified system introduced in 1962 by the United States Department of Defense for designating all U.S. military aircraft.