Heavy Lift Helicopters will be Supplied to US Navy
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company will build six additional production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters under a new contract for the U.S. Navy. The aircraft...
Ukraine Kamikaze Drones Destroy Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Warship
Ukraine has allegedly destroyed the Russian warship “Sergei Kotov” in the Black Sea using kamikaze drones. This comes less than two years since Russia’s...
Algorithms May Play Bigger Role in Future Wars
The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their...
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...
Deep Water Mine Detection Achieved Autonomously
The US Navy needs an airborne sensor that can detect deeper water mines. A new variant of the Navy’s unmanned helicopter may soon feature...
One Aircraft, Two Flight Modes – Now Proven
Urban air mobility has long faced a technical hurdle: combining vertical takeoff with efficient forward flight in a single, reliable platform. While helicopters can...
Ever Wanted To Be A Fly On The Wall?
Evolution keeps providing humanity with an infinite amount of inspiration, as human technology keeps developing products based on the final results of an improvement...
First Boeing KC-46 to KC-46 Refueling
A Boeing US Air Force test team recently refueled a KC-46A tanker from another KC-46A tanker for the first time.
During the four-hour flight, the...
US Marines to Receive New Helicopters
Two helicopters capable of carrying heavy loads were ordered by the US Marines corps. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded Lockheed Martin a...
Chinese Navy Enhancing New Aircraft Carrier
China's third aircraft carrier, which is still under development, will feature steam catapults to launch more heavily armed Shenyang J-15 multi-role aircrafts that might...
Drone and Helicopter Perform First-Ever Emergency Drill
A first-of-its-kind emergency evacuation drill using drone technology was performed by Nevada and California agencies. During the drill on the Nevada-California border just north...
Flying Cars May Replace the V-22 Osprey
The United States Air Force has scheduled plans to begin working on Agility Prime, the military’s effort to develop flying cars and ultimately replace...
A Rising Tide of Acquisitions: Israeli Technologies Fuel the Next Phase...
Israel’s defense-technology sector has entered a period of accelerated consolidation, with eight companies acquired over the past three months by major international defense and...
Israeli protection for military transport aircraft
A number of Air Forces are evaluating the purchase of the Israeli-developed protection systems against shoulder launched missiles for their transport aircraft.
Only recently, Elbit...
Real Time Embedded Systems: The Fine Line between Success and Failure
Itec is one of the participants in the upcoming IAMD conference on March 31
By the time you are reading this, it has already surfaced...
The Next Generation of Coastal Missiles is Here
A newly coastal missile system, introduced by Saab, aims to reshape how nations protect their shores against naval threats. Developed around the well-established RBS15...
Overcoming visibility limitation – BrightNite helmet system
Rescue services around the world show an interest in the Elbit systems - BrightNite system that is designed to allow utility helicopters to perform...
Innovative Navigation Tech Lets Drones “Fly Blind”
Canadian company developed a system it claims will turn “dumb drones” smart with a “world-first in navigation technology” and enable highly accurate navigation even...
Airbus Helicopter Breaks Speed Record
The Airbus Racer helicopter reaches major achievement by exceeding its level speed objective of 400 kph (reaching 418 kph) less than two months after...
Small UASs Innovations
Among the main attractions at the recent CES fair in Las Vegas, was the unmanned aerial system (UAS) show. Some of the featured models...
The New Gold Rush – Defense Systems for India
The world's largest defense importer, India, has announced a new policy inviting foreign defense manufacturers to set up shop as minority partners in India....
Lockheed Martin’s New Airship Can Land On Anything
What do you do when you’ve got an aircraft and payloads to deliver, but the receiving end hasn’t the infrastructure, say - roads, to...
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This New App Lets Soldiers Control Mortars From a Smartphone
Mortar teams depend on fire-control systems to calculate firing solutions, manage targeting data, and coordinate indirect fire missions. Traditionally, many of these functions have...
