Aviation defence industry technology
Aerospace Systems Directorate collaborates with partners to build innovative airframe
Under the Design for Manufacture of Attritable Aircraft Primary Structure (DMAAPS) program, a US Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Di...
Russia needs light turboprop aircraft against guerrillas
The rapid reaction forces and commandos of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) need modern arms and hardware to counter the threats ...
US Air Force Research Lab Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for innovative control surfaces technology
Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate recently secured a patent for their control surface technology a...
NASA X-59 QueSST to reach quiet sonic boom
In partnership with NASA, the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works team is solving one of the most persistent challenges of supersonic flight – the sonic bo...
Nellis Air Force Base Airmen use WIDOW, tailor-made software for ABMS
Nellis Air Force Base Airmen are utilizing the modern software application WIDOW, or Web-based Information Dominant Warfare, to digitize the tactic...
Self-righting for fixed-wing drone, inspired by the elytra of ladybug
Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) are being used in a wide range of applications such as surveillance, reconnaissance, inspection, and search and rescue...
Patria AMV XP
In September 2013, at the DSEI defense exhibition in London (UK), the Finnish Company Patria launched its new 8x8 armored vehicle concept AMV XP bu...
USA: AEDC tests directed energy system in wind tunnel
The Aerodynamics Branch of Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base is helping the Air Force take directed energy (DE) syste...
Marine aviators use online gaming concept to enhance training
Before the dawn of online gaming, video games and computer games primarily featured two to four players sitting in the same room looking at the sam...
US Air Force works on a more integrated and lethal force through Advanced Battle Management System development
Warfighters at Nellis Air Force Base are helping the US Air Force build a more integrated and lethal force through Advanced Battle Management Syste...
Modernization of KC-135 Stratotanker
The KC-135 Stratotanker, the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet for nearly 65 years, recently gained new capabilitie...
Rostec tests demonstrator engine for spaceplanes
The United Engine Corporation of Rostec has completed the first stage of testing a demonstrator model of a pulse detonation engine, which in the fu...