the same MX-1179 package being developed for all of the WS-201 designs. Hughes had won this contract with their Hughes MA-1 fire control system, which was under development. Weapons were carried in bays located on the sides of the fuselage behind the cockpit, which opened by flipping upward, thereby rotating the missiles out of their bays. It was to be armed with six GAR-1/GAR-3 Falcon (then known as MX-904), with a likely arrangement of three or four each GAR-1s and GAR-3s, fired in pairs (one each radar and infrared guided) to improve the odds of a hit. The XF-103 also was to feature 36 2.75-inch "Mighty Mouse" FFARs. Specifications (XF-103, as designed) See also Notes Citations Bibliography Crickmore, Paul, Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions. Oxford, UK: Osprey, 2004. . Jenkins, Dennis R. "Titanium Titan: The Story of the XF-103." Airpower, January 2004. Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters. Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2008. . Jenkins, Dennis R. and Tony R. Landis. Valkyrie: North American's Mach 3 Superbomber. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press Publishers & Wholesalers, 2004. . Pace, Steve. X-Fighters: USAF Experimental and Prototype Fighters, XP-59 to YF-23. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1991. . External links USAF Museum: XF-103 Ramjet-powered aircraft Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United States F-103 Mixed-power aircraft Mid-wing aircraft