Test Firing of X-10 Navajo Missile Prototype

X-10 Navajo Missile in Assembly

X-10 Navaho Missile Transport

X-10 Navajo Missile in Assembly

X-10 Navajo Rocket Launch

X-10 Navajo Ready to Launch

Moving X-10 Navaho Missile Out of Hangar

SM-64 Navaho Missile in Hangar

Moving X-10 Navaho Rocket Plane Out of Hangar

SM-64 Navajo Rocket in Launch Gantry

Air-Launched Navaho Missile Cutaway View

Navaho Trailer Transport

Wright Ramjet Engine for Navaho G-26

Navaho G-26 Flight 3 Failed Launch

Navaho G-26 Flight 3 Launch

North American RTV-A-3 NATIV Missile on Display Podium

North American RTV-A-3 NATIV Missile in Street Parade

RTV-A-3 NATIV Missile Launch

Base of RTV-A-3 NATIV Missile Launch Tower

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X-10 Navajo Missile Prototype

In 1945, the Army Technical Services Command asked aeronautical corporations to design a guided missile. Consolidated Vultee proposed the MX-774, which would become the Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. North American Aviation proposed the MX-770, the Navaho - a 500-mile-range missile with greater accuracy than the German-built V-2. Although the Air Force canceled the Navaho program in 1957, in its 10 years of existence, the Navaho made many key technological breakthroughs. The X-10 Navaho test drone was the first turbojet-powered vehicle to reach Mach 2 and the first aircraft to fly a complete mission under inertial (computerized) guidance. Its booster engine set a record by producing 405,000 pounds of thrust. The X-10 was the only missile to be classified as an X plane and completed more than 20 flights.

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