Aircraft

Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky, along with Rain, a leader in autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology, have successfully tested an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter equipped...

Airbus has been tirelessly working on the plan to develop the X6, a new and improved helicopter that is to replace the NH90 and...

Sixth article in the series by Arie Egozi The smaller Israeli UAS manufacturers were also very active. Innocon, for example, has won a contract in early 2014...

What are the latest developments in the global defense industries and where are the Israeli companies ranked? Defensenews.com listed the top 100 defense companies...

Since the big tzunami disaster in Japan in 2011 that damaged the nuclear power plant if Fukushima, many have been trying to get inside...

The US has been conducting ground-based testing on a diesel engine for manned and unmanned aircraft. The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Advanced...

Manned-unmanned teaming concept forms the base for a new Indian aircraft. Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has unveiled a developmental air-teaming system that will incorporate the...

Researchers from Brown University have unveiled a transformative AI-based system that is expected to reshape how humans communicate with robots. This new and innovative...

Japan’s Cabinet has authorized the export of its next-generation fighter jets that are currently being developed, a decision led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida,...

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...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can do many things, but they’re all mostly tied to flying. Now, they can do one more, and it’s almost...

Flying helicopters in contested environments is becoming increasingly hazardous, particularly as modern air defenses and electronic warfare systems grow more advanced. Traditional crewed operations...

By Arie Egozi Iran is deceiving most of the world, not because it is smarter but because the rest of the world or most of...

We’ve recently written about the Russian Frigate drone and its impressive vertical take-off capabilities. V-Bat from Martin UAV also accomplishes this difficult task, but...

The civilian helicopter market has been on the rise. Much of the growth is powered by technology that is making helicopters safer, more comfortable...

Drone swarm attacks have become part of the battlefield in areas of conflict. “Looking at non-state actor drone operations in the last 2-3 years, I...

A new Russian combat UAV was recently developed. Russia’s Modern Aviation Technologies (SAT) Design Bureau has developed a UAV concept based on its SR-10...

The U.S. military is planning to put its combat drones to the test: a battle with human fighter pilots. The challenge set for July...

NATO countries that are bordering Russia have agreed to develop a drone wall stretching from Norway to Poland in an effort to safeguard their...

Switzerland’s Solar Impulse has unveiled the aircraft with which it will attempt a solar-powered round-the-world flight in 2015. The 236-ft. wingspan Solar Impulse is scheduled...

As part of the certification process for the Norwegian drag chute, Lockheed Martin tested the handling qualities of its F-35 Lightning II during icy...

Commander of American naval air forces, Vice Admiral Mike Shoemaker, has revealed the United States’ vision for the future carrier-based air forc. Among other...