Early SCAMP

In the 1970’s, General Dynamics started designing a Supersonic Cruise And Maneuvering Prototype. This eventually became the F-16XL, which replaced the F-16’s conventional wing and horizontal tail surfaces with a new cranked delta wing. But this early design iteration, from about 1978 or before, shows a much more modified design, with a very different cranked delta wing and exhaust vectorable in the pitch axis. Also shown is a weapons load of two largish air-to-air-looking missiles underneath and two very small wingtip missiles of some kind. The F-16’s nose has also been extended.