Book Review – Chance Vought F7U-1 Cutlass
Nowadays, most fighters have twin engines and tail fins. When these features were introduced on the U.S. Navy‘s F7U-1 Cutlass …
Aerospace
German Ju 290 Was an Unusual Sight at U.S. Air Shows
At air shows in Ohio and Indiana in the triumphant months after World War II, visitors saw an odd-looking, four-engined …
The New “Marine One” Will Have to Be Cost-effective
Caution is the keyword as industry prepares to compete in the Pentagon’s looming VXX competition for a new “Marine One,” …
The F4U Corsair
The F4U Corsair was one of the great fighters of World War II — one of those classics that captures …
Marine Corps Aviation Centennial: Marine Aviators In Their Own Words
When Marine Corps First Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham arrived at the aviation camp at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, …
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance Technologies Evolve for Homeland Security and Other Applications
The Wide Area Aerial Surveillance (WAAS) systems that found improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan now lend themselves …
Marine Corps Aviation: Modernizing Before the Storm
Marine Corps aviation is getting new strike fighters, medium-lift tilt-rotors, attack and utility helicopters, and turboprop tanker-transports in advance of …
Project Quill: Radar in Space
The period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s was a time of extraordinary developments in remote sensing for overhead photographic …
U.S. Navy Missile Defense: The Tipping Point for Ballistic Missile Defense
The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States provided a dramatic warning that even the “world’s hegemon,” as America …
F-35A High Angle of Attack Testing
Lockheed Martin released this video of F-35A high angle of attack testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. this week. …