Overview
The Lockheed Senior Peg was a proposal for a stealthy strategic bomber by the Lockheed Corporation together with Rockwell International for the Advanced Technology Bomber competition, which started in 1979. It competed with and lost to a design by Northrop, which would eventually become the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. Senior Peg resembles a larger F-117 Nighthawk.
The Lockheed Senior Peg was a proposal for a stealthy strategic bomber by the Lockheed Corporation together with Rockwell International for the Advanced Technology Bomber competition, which started in 1979. It competed with and lost to a design by Northrop (Senior Ice), which would eventually become the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. Senior Peg resembles a larger F-117 Nighthawk.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "Lockheed's Senior Peg: The Forgotten Stealth Bomber".
- ↑ "STEALTH FROM 18-INCH MODEL TO $70 BILLION MUDDLE". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Pace, Steve (December 2016). The Projects of Skunk Works: 75 Years of Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760350324.
- ↑ Sweetman, Bill (1999). Inside the Stealth Bomber. Zenith Imprint. ISBN 9781610606899.
- ↑ Merlin, Peter W. (2011). Area 51. Arcadia. ISBN 9780738576206.