Aircraft

Illustration 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 effective coordination of numerous unmanned aerial vehicles presents a significant logistical and operational challenge. Traditional models, where a single operator controls one or...

It was recently revealed that North Korea again flew its UAVs into South Korea at the end of August and this time South Korea...

  The United Kingdom’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has announced plans to work with the UK’s Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office to...

How long will it take the United States Military to convert its existing airplanes, helicopters, and tiltrotors to fly unmanned? The military claims that...

Tensions between Taiwan and China leads the former to develop cruise missiles out of old fighter jets’ engines. The J85 turbojet engines in question...

A groundbreaking event for the aviation industry- Joby Aviation has officially initiated piloted test flights of its S4 eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing)...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a man flying around Dublin with a jetpack. That’s the scene that unfolded in...

The U.S. Army is developing a Version 6 update of the Boeing AH-64E Apache that by 2018 will enhance its fire-control radar, expand its...

The UK, Japan, and Italy have finally signed an international treaty to develop a stealth fighter with supersonic capability and "equipped with cutting-edge technology." The...

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...

Russia is now one of the world leaders in the development and application of EW (Electronic Warfare), even though 20 years ago it was...

The Sparton Corp. Navigation and Exploration segment in De Leon Springs, Fla., is introducing the GEDC-6E improved gyro attitude and heading measurement system and...

Pakistan has been examining a light attack helicopter for its army. It may have selected the Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) T129 ATAK helicopter over...

Micro-drones are an emergent trend in the world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). There are several models currently in production, with a prominent example...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are finally giving conservationists a significant lead in the fight against poachers. Lindbergh Foundation’s Air Shepherd Initiative employs drones to...

The KC-46A is a multirole tanker that is designed to refuel all US allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures...

The emergence of inexpensive small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) that operate without a human pilot has led to adversarial groups threatening deployed U.S. forces,...

In-flight fires, smoke, or fumes account for an average of one precautionary landing every day, according to the FAA. A prototype, first-of-its-kind heads-up display...

Modern military operations rely heavily on understanding and shaping the electromagnetic environment. Radar emissions, jamming signals, and electronic intelligence streams can shift rapidly, leaving...

Concorde is dead in the water, but the dream of supersonic passenger flight is most certainly not. Boom is relatively fresh startup that is...

Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems of Israel and Mitsubishi Electric, Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan are the companies included in the joint research on...