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During testing, the A-12 reached a speed of Mach 3.29 (over 2,200 mph) and an altitude of 90,000 feet,[iii] and in doing so, set an unbroken record for piloted jet aircraft.[iv] The development of the A-12 was no walk in the park. CIA set strict requirements for speed, altitude, range and radar cross-section.
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The Navy's A-12 Avenger Advanced Technology Aircraft (ATA) was slated to replace current A-6s on aircraft carriers in the mid-1990's. But on 7 January 1991, Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney canceled the program, in the largest contract termination in DoD history.
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The Lockheed A-12 is a retired high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed 's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson.
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A new aircraft for a new approach to air warfare. Intended to serve aboard carriers, the A-12 Avenger II was to be slightly more than 37 feet long, with a wingspan of a few inches more than 70 feet. These dimensions would have made the A-12 significantly shorter than the nearly 55-foot-long Intruder, while boasting a far wider wingspan that.
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Headquarters A-12 Oxcart About the A-12 Oxcart CIA developed the highly secret A-12 OXCART as the U-2's successor, intended to meet the nation's need for a very fast, very high-flying reconnaissance aircraft that could avoid Soviet air defenses. CIA awarded the OXCART contract to Lockheed (builder of the U-2) in 1959.
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Editor's Note: This advisory was revised Thursday, Jan. 11, to include a new contact for reporters wishing to participate in the media teleconference on Friday, Jan. 12, and to add the time of the teleconference. NASA will provide live coverage as it reveals its X-59 aircraft at 4 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 12, as part of the agency's Quesst mission to make commercial supersonic flight possible.
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The A-12 was named Avenger II after Grumman TBF/TBM torpedo bomber from World War 2. Initially the Navy wanted 620 A-12s, the Marines wanted 238, and the Air Force considered 400 A-12 variants. The A-12 was considered as a replacement for the retiring F-111s. Designers envisioned a flying wing design shaped like a triangle.
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Unlike the later USAF YF-12A and SR-71, the A-12 Oxcart was a single seat aircraft, with the exception of one two-seat trainer version of the A-12, aircraft #60-6927, named the "Titanium.
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The McDonnell Douglas/General Dynamics A-12 Avenger II was a proposed American attack aircraft from McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics. It was to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
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Testing at Area 51 The radar footprint was tested by mounting an A-12 model on a pole at the secret test facility of Groom Lake, better known as Area-51. Although the A-12s were produced at Lockheed's Burbank facility, they were shipped in secrecy to the even more secret test base where flight-testing commenced over years to come.
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by Alex Hollings Here's What You Need to Know: In the years that followed, the United States government and the A-12 Avenger II's contractors, McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics, would go.
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The Lockheed A-12 spy plane was developed for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for service during Project Oxcart. While it had the potential for a long career, its niche but vital service led to its early retirement just 10 months after being deployed to Asia.
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A-12 Preservation. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum has one of the most varied aircraft collections on the East Coast. One of the most captivating aircraft in the Museum's collection is the Lockheed A-12. The A-12 reconnaissance aircraft was the product of Project Oxcart, a top-secret Cold War CIA program to develop a supersonic, high.
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The A-12 would be a large aircraft, with wingspan limited by the requirement to fit two A-12s on adjacent catapults on a carrier flight deck. In addition, two A-12s with folded wings had to be accommodated on a deck-edge elevator.
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The capital was in the throes of Persian Gulf war fever, but this January 5 session focused on another crisis: what to do about the Navy's A-12 aircraft, which was at least $1 billion over budget, 8,000 pounds overweight, and eighteen months behind schedule. Secretary Garrett argued for a federal bailout to rescue the plane. Others demurred.