ENTER THE MICRO-UAV SWARMS: THE FUTURE OF LAND WARFARE MAY BE IN THE AIR
The uber-nerds over at University of Pennsylvania have created this swarm demonstration of tiny remote controlled aircraft that is pretty damn stunning to watch, as it’s relevancy to the battlefield...
View ArticleBOEING UNVEILS IT’S FUTURE F-15 ROADMAP AT THE SINGAPORE AIR SHOW AND ITS...
Pretty awesome stuff here, nothing really new but at least it’s all what we were hoping for. For the F-15SA and SE, wing stations 1 & 9 will now carry what looks like weapons up to 1000lbs or so,...
View ArticleTHOUGHTS ON THE F-22 RAPTOR & F-15 GOLDEN EAGLE AIR DOMINANCE TEAM
Since only 187 examples of the F-22 had been procured by the Bush and Obama administrations the USAF had to look toward its own tired ranks for bolstering of America’s air superiority capabilities....
View ArticleSOLID WRITEUP ON RUSSIA’S COUNTER-AIR MODERNIZATION PLANS
Aviation Week by and large does a fantastic job reporting on the aviation and military technology world, and today’s piece on Russia’s constellation of emerging weapon systems produced to mainly...
View ArticleMORE INFO ON NAVAIR’S FUTURE WISH LIST
Pretty much everything in the link below has been talked about in detail on this site already, but this piece does underline the reality that the Navy’s F/A-XX pipe-dream is looking more like an...
View ArticleF-35 NEWS UPDATE!: June 28th, 2012
F-35’s DISTRIBUTED APERTURE SYSTEM & APG-81 RADAR DETECTS & TRACKS BALLISTIC MISSILES What an amazing capability serious growth potential, not just in the F-35 but in other manned and unmanned...
View ArticleGET TO KNOW YOUR DDG-1000 “ZUMWALT” CLASS SUPER DESTROYER
Now only if the Navy can get some low observable modified H-60s Seahawks for embarked multi-mission air support. It’s kind of unfortunate that the current Navy anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare...
View ArticleLOCKHEED’S “VARIOUS” UCAV CONCEPT REMAINS INTRIGUING
A few years back Lockheed’s VARIOUS (VTOL Advanced Reconnaissance Insertion Organic Unmanned System) UCAV emerged with a whimper as an idea, and since then it seems that it has remained just that, an...
View ArticleUNMANNED GAME CHANGER: AUTONOMOUS AERIAL REFUELING IS A REALITY
The emerging capability to refuel drones in flight will make even more of an impact than the ability to do so with manned platforms, a practice that began at the dawn of the jet age some 60+ years ago....
View ArticleUPDATE!: BELL INTRODUCES THE V-280 VALOR
Please refer to this recent piece about Bell’s intentions before continuing: http://aviationintel.com/2013/03/07/blind-faith-or-business-suicide-bell-doubles-down-on-titlt-rotor-technology/ I GIVE THIS...
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