Ukraine has started arming its drones with shotguns to shoot down Russian drones and kill soldiers. Continue reading
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Westland Lysander – the Awkward Aircraft that Became a Deadly Night Killer
With its ungainly high wings, fixed landing gear, and massive wheel spats jutting from its sides, the old-fashioned Westland Lysander certainly cut a strange silhouette in the perilous skies of World War 2. Looking more like a biplane that had lost its bottom wings, this peculiar dragonfly failed at virtually every combat role it was given. Continue reading
Coalition Sends 30,000 Kamikaze Drones to Ukraine
30,000 drones will be sent to Ukraine after £45 million worth of contracts were placed by the international Drone Capability Coalition, co-led by the UK and Latvia as the UK steps up leadership supporting Ukraine in 2025. Continue reading
Antonov-AN225 to Rise Again
In 2022, the world’s biggest airplane, the Antonov A225 Mriya, was completely destroyed by Russian forces during their attack on Ukraine. Continue reading
Why UK’s Watchkeeper UAV Failed the Test of Time
The UK government’s decision to send its Watchkeeper uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs) into early retirement marks an ignominious end for a once-ambitious effort to boost the British Army’s airborne intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities. Continue reading
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth – the Biplane that Brought a Knife to a Gun Fight
In the summer of 1940, Nazi Germany’s advance across Europe seemed unstoppable. As the once mighty France teetered on the edge of defeat after a brutal campaign, Britain braced itself for invasion. Continue reading
LTV A-7 Corsair II – the ‘Short Little Ugly Fella’
February 1991. Under the burning Iraqi sun, dark shadows streak across the vast, golden expanse of desert dunes. In a sky crowded with sleek stealth fighters and state-of-the-art supersonic jets, the US Navy’s Attack Squadron 46’s weapon of choice is perhaps a surprising one: the LTV A-7 Corsair II. Continue reading
First Flight of Piasecki ARES Tilt-Duct VTOL
When the ARES-DV Flight Module lifted off from Piasecki’s West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania, it achieved a sustained hover for a duration of approximately one minute before descending. Upon landing, the team attached the U.S. Army’s Mobile Multiple Mission Module (M4) to the ARES-DV Flight Module, and conducted a second successful one-minute hover, demonstrating the ability of its triplex fly-by-wire flight control system to sustain a stable hover in multiple configurations and a dynamic ground environment. Continue reading