Aircraft
Super Hornet On Track to Block II Upgrades
The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet is a twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft variant based on the Mcdonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hornet comes in...
Military Looking To Replace Iconic Helicopter
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter has been the flying workhorse of the United States military since 1979. Since then the twin engine chopper...
C-130J Super Hercules will be Delivered to US Military
50 C-130J Super Hercules will be delivered to the U.S. government by Lockheed Martin, through a C-130J Multiyear III award. The aircraft is the...
Military Skeptical Towards Unmanned V-280 Valor
How long will it take the United States Military to convert its existing airplanes, helicopters, and tiltrotors to fly unmanned? The military claims that...
New Communications Node for Battlefield
The US Air Force has been investing in Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) as the foundational technology to connect its air, space and cyber...
Anyone Can Track Aircraft in Conflict Zone
Several web-based services let aviation enthusiasts, curious people, journalists and, generally speaking, anyone who has an Internet access track flights in real-time. Open Source...
Greece Upgrades its F-16 Fleet
Greece has recently closed a contract with Lockheed Martin to upgrade the country’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets over the next seven year. The...
Egozi: Fighter Aircraft to Egypt
By Arie Egozi
As the US is pulling out of the Middle East, more countries in the region turn to Russia for advanced arms. Recently,...
Apache Helicopter to be Remanufactured and Upgraded
The AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter will be remanufactured by Boeing for the governments of the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and The...
This Miniaturized Radar will Revolutionize European Capabilities
In the future, enemy radars are likely to use technologies and software to make it harder to identify their signals and locate their source....
New Chopper For Missile Silo Defense
The United States Air Force’s Global Strike Command has recently received its new helicopter, the Grey Wolf. The Grey Wolf will carry quick reaction...
Aircraft Inspection 10-Times Faster than Current Methods
Aircraft are inspected visually on a regular basis to ensure their airworthiness. Scheduled and unscheduled visual inspections are always a long, time-consuming process, access...
Complete Picture of Battlefield
A new system dubbed as the Internet of Things for the US Air Force was recently tested. The Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) was...
Russia is Joining New Trend
Wingman drones can potentially act as manned fighter jets capability amplifiers, for example, carrying extra weapons, gathering battlefield information and expanding the fighter pilots'...
Leap in Fighter Aircraft Simulation
Fighter aircraft training will look different soon. Currently, F-35 bases in the US can only link together as many simulators as they have on-site...
Insect-Inspired Navigation Method Developed
Many technological innovations are inspired by Nature. Flying insects were the inspiration to the development of a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor used in...
These Tiny Robots will Build Future Airplanes
A new kind of robotics, called relative robots, have the potential to revolutionize the production of large-scale systems, from airplanes to bridges to entire...
Future Aircraft Wings May Be Constructed From Steel Foam
Modern airplane wings are built from a specific type of aluminum alloy that allows the wing to be light and strong. However, now researchers...
More Autonomy to Renown Transport Helicopter
Optionally piloted capabilities to a helicopter that is the U.S. Army’s primary medium lift utility transport and air assault aircraft. Since making its first...
Bell Unveils Next Gen Attack Reconnaissance Helicopter
A subsidiary of the defense company Textron, Bell Helicopter, has recently unveiled its newest attack reconnaissance helicopter. For the first time Bell has showcased...
This System will Supply Enhanced Situational Awareness
When flying an aircraft, access to information is critical. Advanced display technology can provide the enhanced situational awareness required for mission success.
A new night...
Super Hercules Breaks New Record
The global community of C-130J Super Hercules operators recently surpassed 2 million flight hours. These hours were logged beginning with the C-130J's first flight...
