Egozi: IAF Urgently Needs Tanker Aircraft
By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Air Force wants to receive the new KC-46 A tanker aircraft as early as possible and is even checking the...
New EV-Based Catapult Can Launch A 30-Ton Plane
Chinese researchers developed a new, powerful Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) using the technology of electric vehicles. This powerful catapult can launch a 30-tonne...
New Developments In Recent Drone Attacks
As we have posted earlier, a drone attack was carried out by rebel forces in Syria against two Russian military bases, one was the...
Soon: Self Healing Military Platforms
By tweaking the chemistry of a single polymer, researchers at Texas A&M University and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory...
Hydrogen To Replace Batteries In UAVs?
Researchers from the American University of Sharjah in the UAE have managed to develop hydrogen-based fuel in order to be used by the nation’s unmanned aerial...
Transforming Civilian Aircraft into Advanced Military ISR Assets
Northrop Grumman recently showcased the second phase of its Deep Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) system during the Vanguard 24 exercise, an annual military experiment...
RAFAEL’s Air-to-Air Missile Trialed Successfully by India
India’s Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully trialed the 5th generation Python-5 air-to-air missile (AAM) for the Tejas, India’s indigenous light combat...
Ronen Nadir, CEO of BlueBird Aero Systems, On Small UAVs’ Unique...
Ronen Nadir, CEO of BlueBird Aero Systems, gave a talk during the AUS&R conference on September 7th on the company’s unmanned vehicles and their...
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...
Meet World’s Largest Helicopter Water Tanker
The wildfires that have ravaged California have already consumed 4m acres. The unprecedented figure is more than double the previous record for the most...
New Mini Drone with Big Capabilities
The Black Hornet mini drone is not alone. The UAV market is getting smaller as time passes - and this does not mean the volume...
A Next-Gen Strike Weapon Designed for Threats That Move and Hide
Modern air-defense networks are becoming harder to penetrate, with mobile launchers, dispersed command nodes, and dense sensor arrays creating narrow and fast-moving windows of...
Long-Range StormBreaker Guided Bombs added to Fighter Jets
The US Navy is ready to deploy Raytheon's innovative GBU-53/B "StormBreaker" air-to-surface smart bomb for its F/A-18 Super Hornets.
Previously called the "Small Diameter Bomb...
South Korea: New Sound Waves Anti-UAV Weapon
Many armies use UAVs during various operations as means to achieve a wide range of goals, from gathering intelligence through sensors or cameras to...
A new Israeli made simulator for combat helicopters
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Flight simulators feature a major advance for air forces worldwide, not only in terms of pilots’ training and combat readiness, but also in terms...
The Surveillance Tech Built for Low-Altitude Threats and Busy Skies
Airspace surveillance is becoming more complex as traffic density increases and new types of aircraft operate at lower altitudes. Air traffic controllers are often...
Airbus Fighter Jets Get AI-Powered Drone Wingmen
Airbus reports that AI is set to play a vital role in the development of the various systems under the Future Combat Air System...
Guide For UAV Cyber Attack Available Online
Unmanned aerial vehicles are being widely used both in the public space and most certainly in the military space. Mostly, the world’s armies use...
Elbit to Provide Helicopter Systems to U.S. Army
Elbit Systems’ ANVIS HUD - Aviators’ Night Vision Imaging System Head-Up Display system - is a day and night display system that connects to...
Zeppelin Prototype Damaged Causes Helium Leak
A Soviet-born entrepreneur’s $35 million zeppelin prototype was punctured by falling debris from a partial roof collapse at a hangar in California, triggering a...
Hazard in the skies – lithium-ion batteries
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries may soon have to be imported by other means than air shipments after at least eighteen airlines have banned shipments of...
Extending the Reach of Fighter Jets—Without Extra Risk
Modern air combat is increasingly defined by long-range sensors and advanced missiles, but crewed fighter jets still face a basic constraint: to fire, they...
















































