Aircraft

Modern combat aircraft are increasingly defined as much by software as by airframes and engines. Mission data, sensor fusion, threat libraries, and logistics systems...

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...

A recent milestone in additive manufacturing was achieved by researchers at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH): a large titanium space fuel tank,...

Transporting personnel and goods like food and equipment to the Antarctic or taking out samples from there are complex tasks. Using larger aircraft can...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has resumed the production of F-16 wings for Lockheed Martin, using the assembly line established in the 1980s. IAI recently...

Chinese defense researchers have reportedly achieved a significant advance in electronic warfare by modifying a commercially available spectrum analyzer to detect signals from U.S....

The Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft has successfully completed an initial test performing as an aerial refueling tanker. Adding this capability to the tiltrotor...

The Israel Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement (LOA) with the U.S. government to acquire 12 Lockheed Martin CH-53K helicopters that will replace...

Meet SCAMP, the Stanford Climbing and Aerial Maneuvering Platform, a robot that can fly, land on vertical walls, and then scamper up them. SCAMP...

The US Military is prototyping a High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES), which will be developed on a Bombardier Global 6500 jet aircraft. This...

Northrop Grumman recently showcased the second phase of its Deep Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) system during the Vanguard 24 exercise, an annual military experiment...

Swarm tactics are the latest trend when you’re talking about autonomous cooperation systems. MARSS has introduced a new version of its NiDAR command and...

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...

An advanced helicopter has demonstrated its capabilities for the US Army. The S-97 Raider advanced prototype helicopter performed two flights, carrying out low-level maneuvers...

Imagine robot pods lying soundlessly at the bottom of the ocean, awaiting instructions to surface and launch long dormant drones. It may sound like...

A subsidiary of the defense company Textron, Bell Helicopter, has recently unveiled its newest attack reconnaissance helicopter. For the first time Bell has showcased...

Russia is reportedly using an upgraded "Lancet" suicide drone against Ukrainian soldiers called the "Izdeliye-53," which incorporates a navigation system that can autonomously recognize...

The F-35 fighter jet’s software is so buggy, it could just ground the whole fleet, Vice’s Motherboard reports The F-35’s logistics system is supposed to...

Britain's shadowy, top tier counter-terror unit sprung into action during the dastardly van and knife attack on civilians in London on June 3. The...

Japan is on track to develop fully autonomous fighter jets that will be deployed as early as 2035. The move is seen as an...

The aircraft manufacturing giant, Airbus, has recently revealed MAVERIC, the Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls. MAVERIC is a scaled...

Unmanned aerial vehicles are usually capable of performing various tasks as they fly through the air, some unmanned vehicles can perform missions at sea,...