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to operate efficiently and effectively from an aircraft carrier. Technical difficulties with the complexity of the radar system to be used also caused costs to increase; by one estimate the A-12 was to consume up to 70% of the Navy's budget for aircraft. After delays, its critical design review was successfully completed in
October 1990 and the maiden flight was rescheduled to early 1992. In December 1990 plans were made for 14 Navy aircraft carriers to be equipped with a wing of 20 A-12s each.
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in June 1996. The cancellation of the A-12 is seen as one of the major losses in the 1990s that weakened McDonnell
Douglas and led to its merger with rival Boeing in 1997. After years of being in storage at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (formerly General Dynamics) facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the
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Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) program in 1983. The program was to develop and field a replacement for the A-6 Intruder by 1994. Stealth technology developed for the United States Air Force would be used heavily in the program. Concept design contracts were awarded
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Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas revealed delays and projected cost increases. Due to late requirement changes to the aircraft impacting the composite design, aircraft weight had increased to 30% over design specification. This was unwelcome for an airplane that needed
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air-to-ground missiles and a complement of air-to-ground ordnance, including unguided or precision-guided bombs, could be carried in an internal weapons bay. It has been claimed that the A-12 was to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons held in its internal weapons bay as well. The A-12 was to
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by the U.S. prevented them from mounting an effective defense. In May 2011, the
Supreme Court set aside the Appeals Court decision and returned the case to federal circuit court. In January 2014, the case was settled with Boeing and General Dynamics agreeing to pay $ 200 million each to the U.S.
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The development of the A-12 was troubled by cost overruns and several delays, causing questions of the program's ability to deliver upon its objectives; these doubts led to the development program's cancellation in 1991. The manner of its cancellation was contested through litigation until a
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told the Navy to justify the program and deliver reasons why it should not be canceled. The response given by the Navy and the contractors failed to persuade the
Secretary of Defense, as he canceled the program in the following month, on 7 January 1991, for breach of contract.
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ruled that the U.S. Navy was justified in canceling the contract. The ruling also required the two contractors to repay the U.S. government US$ 1.35 billion, plus interest charges of US$ 1.45 billion.
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1020:"Supreme Court Overturns A-12 Ruling Against Contractors"
1189:. New York; Avenel, New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1993.
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have a weapons load of 5,160 pounds (2,300 kg).
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130:General Dynamics/McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II
1009:, 28 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
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663:List of military aircraft of the United States
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1132:"Coming Soon to a Carrier Near You: Avenger".
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1056:. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
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57:Artist's impression of the A-12 in flight
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503:21,322 pounds (9,700 kg) (internal)
172:settlement was reached in January 2014.
842:"Lifting the Veil of Military Secrecy".
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1084:Technology and the American Way of War
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260:The aircraft was to be powered by two
27:Proposed carrier-based strike aircraft
1209:A-12 Avenger II on GlobalSecurity.org
555:61 lb/sq ft (300 kg/m)
418:Various views of the A-12 as designed
267:engines, each producing about 13,000
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1119:Osceola, WI: Zenith Imprint, 2001.
467:70 ft 3 in (21.41 m)
601:Unguided or precision-guided bombs
479:11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
368:was revealed to the public at the
181:Advanced Tactical Aircraft program
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2528:McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II
1892:designations, Army/Air Force and
641:Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
241:fighter-bombers. The craft was a
1256:military aircraft and spacecraft
1137:, December 1990. pp. 14–19.
981:. The Wichita Eagle. 2 June 2009
410:Specifications (A-12 Avenger II)
71:All-weather naval stealth bomber
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2478:Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche
1759:US Army / US Air Force
1612:US Army / US Air Force
549:5,000 ft/min (25 m/s)
497:80,000 lb (36,287 kg)
491:39,000 lb (17,690 kg)
352:, which went on to replace the
237:, and for the United Kingdom's
235:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
2473:Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird
1402:CF-18 / CF-188 Hornet
939:. October 2013. Archived from
791:Polmar and Norris 2009, p. 75.
619:Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus
543:40,000 ft (12,000 m)
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2696:Light Helicopter Experimental
2625:General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger
2398:amphibious aircraft sequences
708:. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
631:Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
511:General Electric F412-GE-D5F2
3524:Tailless delta-wing aircraft
2607:Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
2392:Not to be confused with the
658:List of flying wing aircraft
360:. The Super Hornet uses the
3067:Global Combat Air Programme
3038:Global Combat Air Programme
2973:Global Combat Air Programme
2561:Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
1187:Weapons of the 21st Century
814:Thomason 2009 1993, p. 185.
614:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
148:bomber replacement for the
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2523:Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA
1666:McDonnell 120 Flying Crane
881:Journal of Foreign Affairs
379:Fort Worth Aviation Museum
343:Frontiers of Flight Museum
262:General Electric F412-D5F2
245:design in the shape of an
108:United States Marine Corps
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2681:Advanced Tactical Fighter
2645:Lockheed Martin Sea Ghost
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852:America's Defense Monitor
823:Richeson 1990, pp. 15–16.
388:over breach of contract (
283:air-to-air missiles, two
186:to the industry teams of
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3148:Future Combat Air System
2701:Long Range Strike Bomber
2584:Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
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863:Jenkins 2002, pp. 95–96.
775:Jenkins 2002, pp. 96–97.
740:Richardson 2001, p. 110.
636:Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
277:precision guided weapons
164:name was taken from the
132:was a proposed American
30:Not to be confused with
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2950:British Aerospace P.125
2655:Northrop Grumman RQ-180
1902:Army/Air Force sequence
1446:US Navy / USMC
1407:F/A-18A/B Hornet (RAAF)
701:6 December 2019 at the
653:List of attack aircraft
446:General characteristics
426:A top view of A-12 vs.
403:state secrets privilege
392:). On 1 June 2009, the
3504:Carrier-based aircraft
2919:Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B
2873:Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate
2711:Next-Generation Bomber
2665:General Atomics XQ-67A
2635:Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat
2538:Northrop Grumman X-47B
1376:F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
805:Thomason 2009, p. 184.
686:Stevenson 2001, p. 35.
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176:Design and development
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2630:Boeing MQ-25 Stingray
2513:Lockheed Martin FB-22
930:"New Name - New Look"
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362:General Electric F414
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314:Secretary of Defense
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2691:Joint Strike Fighter
2518:Lockheed Martin X-35
2331:Related designations
2140:Tri-Service sequence
1557:C-17 Globemaster III
1155:Stevenson, James P.
1018:Weisgerber, Marcus.
901:Jenkins 2002, p. 96.
847:28 June 2011 at the
726:Jenkins 2002, p. 95.
432:Grumman A-6 Intruder
327:Federal Claims court
297:Secretary of Defense
150:Grumman A-6 Intruder
3360:Bayraktar Kızılelma
2991:BAE Systems Taranis
2955:BAE Systems Replica
2602:Northrop B-2 Spirit
2533:Northrop Tacit Blue
2483:Boeing Bird of Prey
1392:F-4E Phantom (RAAF)
1170:Thomason, Tommy H.
1135:Naval Aviation News
1082:Mahnken, Thomas G.
1067:Jenkins, Dennis R.
892:Senior 2003, p. 44.
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578:Payload capability:
495:Max takeoff weight:
430:(wings spread) and
428:Grumman F-14 Tomcat
227:Grumman TBF Avenger
166:Grumman TBF Avenger
63:General information
36:Curtiss A-12 Shrike
2791:CAIG Wing Loong-10
2640:Boeing Phantom Ray
2503:Lockheed Have Blue
2448:Stealth technology
1619:XH-20 Little Henry
1319:F-15E Strike Eagle
1112:Richardson, Doug.
1006:The New York Times
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1125:978-0-7603-1051-9
1115:Stealth Warplanes
1107:978-1-55750-681-8
1092:978-0-231-12336-5
1062:978-1-57607-345-2
1052:Boyne, Walter J.
441:Stealth Warplanes
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