The First Airplane: 110 Years Anniversary
The Wright Brothers: Bicycle repairmen from Dayton, Ohio, who built a flying “machine” and sent it soaring along with its “operator”. The first airplane...
DARPA Refocuses Precision Close Air Support Effort On Manned Aircraft
Raytheon is moving ahead to demonstrate more rapid and accurate close air support after finalizing a contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects...
New Lightweight HUD Fit for Limited Cockpit Space in Aircrafts
Compatible with nearly any military and commercial aircraft, including those with limited cockpit space, BAE Systems introduces LiteWave, a laptop-sized head-up display (HUD) that...
South Korea Enhancing its Search and Rescue Capabilities
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has completed deliveries of the eight KUH-1M Surion utility helicopters configured for medical evacuation (medevac) missions that were ordered by...
Israel is preparing to defend against drones aiding in terror attacks
The Israeli security forces are estimating and warning against terrorists using mini-UAVs, and specifically small drones to commit terror attacks. This subject will be...
General Atomics Drone Upgraded to Fight Cyber and Anti-Aircraft Threats
General Atomics announced two major upgrades to its MQ-9A Reaper drones, meant to protect against cyber and anti-aircraft missile threats. The company stated it...
No Pilot, No Problem: This Helicopter Flies Supplies Into Danger
Supplying forces in contested environments has become increasingly complex. Ground convoys are vulnerable to ambushes and improvised threats, while crewed aircraft face growing risks...
New Advanced Payload To Be Installed On Aerostats
The new payload, ELI-3332, developed by Elta a subsidiary of Israel aerospace industries (IAI) is an advanced aerostat-borne intelligence payload especially designed to overcome...
Polish Air Force F-16 Jets Deploy to Kuwait to Fight ISIS
Polish Air Force F-16 fighters have departed Poland for the Middle East on Jul. 5.
Operating from the territory of Kuwait, the Polish Vipers...
US Defense Industries Under Threat
China is exploring limiting the export of rare earth minerals that are crucial for the manufacture of American F-35 fighter jets and other sophisticated...
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...
Extraordinary Achievements in Air Missile Defense Presented at Leading Conference
The 6th Israeli Air Missile Defense Conference & Exhibition (IAMD) held today assembled the best experts and senior figures from this fascinating field from...
WATCH: Drone Launch From Underwater
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...
New U.S. Long-Range UAVs to Launch from Small Ships
A U.S. military research program, that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to be launched and recovered from relatively small...
Hypersonic Weapons Developed at Unprecedented Pace
The U.S. Air Force is quickly getting closer to prototype, test and deploy hypersonic weapons on an expedited schedule. Hypersonic weapons can defend against...
AI Revolutionizes Future Forces Systems
Future forces will operate in completely different arenas and conditions from the ones we know today. Future aircraft flying in 2025-2030 will be fitted...
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A New Quantum Breakthrough Could Change Signal Detection on the Battlefield
Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
