The Martin XB-68 was a supersonic medium tactical bomber with a crew of two, proposed in 1954 to the United States Air Force and cancelled before any aircraft was built. The Glenn L. Martin Company submitted design studies for the Weapon System 302A requirement in 1952, competing with Douglas and North American, and the Martin 316 was declared the winner in 1956 and given the designation XB-68, with deployment projected for 1962 to 1965. It had a conventional layout resembling a scaled-up Lockheed F-104, was to be mostly of steel, and had stubby diamond-shaped wings and a raked T-tail. Serious difficulties with the inertial guidance system, then Air Force budget limits and other priorities, led headquarters to cancel the project in 1957.
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was a supersonic medium tactical bomber with a crew of two that was proposed in 1954 to the United States Air Force
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was a supersonic medium tactical bomber with a crew of two that was proposed in 1954 to the United States Air Force
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The Glenn L. Martin Company submitted design studies in response to the Weapon System 302A requirement in 1952
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