SEAKAT

Found in the Jay Miller collection was a glossy of a display model of the Bell “SEAKAT,” a proposed derivative of the X-14 VTOL research testbed. While there were numerous proposed derivatives of the X-14, this was probably the design furthest from the X-14… even the VTOL propulsion system was entirely different. The SEAKAT was a 1971 concept for a short range anti-sub aircraft, operable from small vessels that normally would be equipped with only a helicopter.

Read more about the SEAKAT in issue V1N3 of Aerospace Projects Review, where I somehow managed to get the name wrong as “SkyKat.” Shrug. This image was discovered after the article was published; but the article does have other artwork and layout drawings of the craft, along with several other X-14 derivatives (such as the X-14C and X-14D).