Book Review – The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, 19th Edition
It is a remarkable achievement for any book that is not the scripture of a major religion to reach its …
Unmanned Systems
Fire Scout Reliability Gains Generate More Demand
The more reliable the Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout becomes, the more theater commanders want it. At the end of March, …
U.S. Navy UAV Developments Accelerate
It’s a matter of historical record that the Royal Navy‘s first aircraft carrier, HMS Argus, was fully operational for more …
First X-47B Carrier Catapult Launch
A video of the U.S. Navy‘s Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completing the first ever carrier-based …
More Robotics Rodeos
If it wasn’t for the possible alliterative value, it’s likely that someone would have come up with a term to …
First X-47B Carrier Catapult Launch
Tuesday, May 14, 2013, has gone down as an historic day for U.S. naval aviation, with the first launch at …
X-47B Completes First Shore-Based Arrested Landing
In a video released today by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes …
Boeing’s New Apache – A Soldier’s Guardian
The Boeing Company recently released this video of the new AH-64E Apache/Guardian helicopter. After a decade of service in missions …
Skunk Works® UCLASS Concept Video
Lockheed Martin’s recently released video of its UCLASS capabilities and concept of operations.…
BionicOpter Mimics Dragonfly
This video is of the Festo Corporation‘s BionicOpter, which has “technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly” …