page_title: Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: Prototype Curtiss XP-87 (XF-87) "Blackhawk" night fighter following a landing accident.
context_page_description: The Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk was a prototype American all-weather jet fighter interceptor and the company's last aircraft project. Designed as a replacement for the World War II–era propeller-driven P-61 Black Widow night/interceptor aircraft, the XF-87 lost in government procurement competition to the Northrop F-89 Scorpion. The loss of the contract was fatal to the company; the Curtiss-Wright Corporation closed down its aviation division, selling its assets to North American Aviation.
context_section_description: XP-87
  First flight was March 1, 1948
  XF-87
  Redesignated XP-87
  F-87A
  Production fighter version (canceled)
  RF-87A
  Reconnaissance variant (canceled)
caption: XP-87 following nosewheel collapse
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