Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is being awarded a $33,270,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the development, production, integration, and testing of nine radar systems on the MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle. Continue reading
F-16 Kamikaze Mission
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Dassault Flight Demonstration of nEUROn UCAV
On Wednesday December 19, Dassault Aviation organized a flight demonstration of the nEUROn at Istres for the French and foreign authorities involved in the programme. Continue reading
Australian Shadows Get Real-Time Video
General Dynamics Mediaware has delivered two video capture and exploitation D-VEX systems to the Australian Army, enhancing the distribution of mission-critical, actionable intelligence among Australian troops and coalition forces. Continue reading
LEGO Great Ball Contraption
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This machine, known as the Great Ball Contraption (GBC), was built by a Japanese mechanical engineer in his house over the course of two years — a total of a whopping 600 hours in construction time. Continue reading
UAS Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 Fleet Saved
F-15 Eagle
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Harrier Operations from USS Bataan
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Video by Cpl. Chris Stone 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit AV-8B Harriers assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 Reinforced, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct daytime touch and go landings on the flight deck of the USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the coast of North Carolina, Dec. 15, 2012. Continue reading