Aircraft
Refurbished Assault Helicopter is Back in Afghanistan
The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have been enhancing their counter-insurgency capabilities. India has recently delivered to Afghanistan the first two of...
New Method for Recycling Huge Submarine Batteries
In some versions of submarines and military fighters, huge alkaline batteries weighing about 14 tons, capable of operating up to 12 years uninterruptedly, are...
Marines Are Considering Aircraft-Launched Drone
The US Marines Corps is looking at a drone that can be launched out of the back of an MV-22 Osprey to provide advanced...
Can Fighter Pilots Trust AI With Their Lives?
The U.S. military is researching how humans and machines cooperate together by testing how well pilots and Artificial Intelligence trust each other in aerial...
Affordable UAVs Available for Developing Countries
Developing nations such as Indonesia, the Philippines or Vietnam in Southeast Asia, as well as Eastern European countries, haven’t been able to afford expensive...
Autonomous Properties in Extreme Speeds
While the U.S. and other states are racing to deploy hypersonic technologies, it remains uncertain how useful the systems will be against urgent, mobile...
New Innovative Drone Can Hover Indefinitely
It seems as though drone technology has been advancing exponentially over the past decade, to the point where it has become hard to imagine...
V-280 Flies with System that Eliminates Blind Spots
An experimental Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft has flown for the first time with an integrated system that grants pilots and aircrew a 360...
Innovative Sensor will Improve Pilot’s Situational Awareness
A sensor designed to improve situational awareness for pilots and let them share data has been flight tested by Lockheed Martin. The company’s pilotage...
Turkish-US Dispute Again Over S-400 System
Turkey’s increasing closeness with Russia has been driving Washington and Ankara apart on a number of fronts, including military sales and negotiations over the...
Turkey Improves Local Capabilities in Critical Field
With its laser lighting unit, which can track multiple targets, the target or the targeted area can be shown to the other pilot or...
New Helicopter May Revolutionize Military Aircraft
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter achieved its first flight this week in West Palm Beach Florida. Co-developed by Boeing and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin...
Supersonic Jet Noise Problem Now Solved
Supersonic military jet engines are much louder than regular jet engines, affecting the health of personnel working in close proximity to the aircraft and...
New Offshore Security and SAR Helicopter Models
New helicopters for offshore, search and rescue and transportation configurations were recently launched. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced new plans for its S-92...
Meeting Challenge of Helicopter Simulation
Finding the right virtual reality simulators that actually perform like a helicopter has been a challenge. Among the problems in training helicopter pilots are...
Combat Rescue Helicopter at Final Preparations Stage
Two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH), are preparing for their maiden flights, which will occur before mid-year. Both aircraft, which are being...
Watch Boeing’s New Unmanned Platform
Boeing has introduced its newest unmanned platform, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System. The aircraft will complement and extend airborne missions through smart teaming with...
First Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Engine
Turkey produced its first national unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engine PD-170. The turbo diesel aerospace engine was designed for the ANKA drone and made...
Next Generation Military Helicopter Test Run
The Sikorsky-Boeing #SB1 DEFIANT helicopter will further military capabilities in terms of speed and range. The helicopter is now advancing through its ground runs...
World’s First Smart Ski Helmet
Israeli military technology is being tested in Austria’s ski resorts. An Augmented Reality (AR) ski helmet which includes GPS, a speedometer and the ability...
Big Data Tools Are Revolutionizing Aircraft Tech
The average age of a US Air Force aircraft is 28 years, and many planes are significantly older. Crews still fly the B-52 bomber,...
