The NBMR-3 requirements and the P.1154 project nearly put an end to the subsonic P.1127 – it clearly failed to meet NATO’s requirements. Military attention was focused entirely on the heavier supersonic V/STOL aircraft. But once again, MWDP (Mutual Weapons Development Program) chief Chapman came to the rescue. Read also: The Birth of the “Harrier,” […]

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