Rolls-Royce has just opened the largest aviation powerplant testbed facility of its kind in the world – Testbed 80. Testbed 80 began construction back in 2018 with a project cost… Continue reading "Rolls-Royce Opens Testbed 80 – A New £90m Jet Engine Test Facility"
Historically there have only been a handful of reliable defenses against artillery, distance and eliminating the originating firing unit. However, Israel has internally developed a reliable near-autonomous air defense system… Continue reading "In Profile: Israel’s Iron Dome All-Weather Air Defense System"
A recent report released by the Government Accountability Office stated that the F-35 block 4 upgrade program could possibly be facing some significant delays in its test schedule. Despite this,… Continue reading "F-35 Block 4 Upgrade Program Faces Delays and Cost Overruns"
Southern California Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms recently had some high explosives go missing from its inventory during a routine training exercise less than a month ago.… Continue reading "High Explosives Go Missing from Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base"
A while back we covered some exciting news as Heron Systems’ ‘Falco’ won the DARPA Alpha Dogfight Trials 5-0 against a real-life human pilot in a 1 on one guns-only… Continue reading "Gamer Pilot Scores Kill on Alpha Dogfight Trial Winner AI Falco"
Since as early as 2011, Hanscom Air Force Base has been focusing on the intricate aspects of radar, communication, and intelligence systems as well as operations command. Recently, the branch… Continue reading "Hanscom AFB Completes Mission, Provides Radars to NATO"
The Marine Corps will be making a strong move towards synthetic training systems like the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer III. The training system supposedly improves live-fire performance and combat readiness.… Continue reading "More Synthetic Training On the Horizon for Marine Corps"
BAE’s AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) is a guidance kit that transforms a standard 2.75-inch (70 mm) rocket into a precision weapon for use against soft or lightly armored… Continue reading "BAE Systems AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Guidance Kit for 2.75″ Rockets"
On 10th September, more than 50 aircraft from the USAF, USMC, Royal Air Force, and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) participated in an exercise called Point Blank 20-04 which… Continue reading "Bombers & Marine F-35s join Point Blank 20-4 exercise over the North Sea"
Swedish defense manufacturer, Saab, have offered the Croatian government 12 of their new Saab Gripen JAS 39 C and D variants of their 4.5 generation fighter aircraft. The multi-role fighter… Continue reading "Sweden Offers Saab Gripen Fighter jets to Croatia"