The Best Seven Strategic Bombers in Use Right Now (And the Three Worst)
The use of tactical and strategic weapons and systems differ significantly. Simply put, tactical systems aim to win individual battles while strategic weapons seek to end the…
In October 1963, a Convair B-58A Hustler sets a speed record from Tokyo to London.
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The Biggest Aircraft Ever Built
However, this did not stop gifted engineers, who have, for decades now, been designing vehicles of such magnitude that their very ability to leave the ground was…
The monarch of Western Europe and the most potent assault helicopter is the Eurocopter Tiger.
Among the attack helicopters, the Eurocopter Tiger is considered the most powerful design in Western Europe, this is the product of the cooperation between France and Germany,…
The Department of National Defense of the Philippines has ordered 32 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters (VIDEO).
PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company has signed a contract award with the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) to manufacture 32 additional S-70i Black Hawk® utility…
Australia was the country that originally debuted the most cutting-edge maritime surveillance aircraft, the MQ-4C Triton UAS.
Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System was rolled out in September as part of a partnership between the Department of Defence, the US Navy and…
Boeing received a $70 million contract to train Kuwaiti pilots for Super Hornet delivery.
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $70,704,608 cost-plus-fixed-fee reimbursable contract to provide integrated logistics support…
Exail Will Deliver A French E-3F AWACS Full-flight Simulator (VIDEO)
French Air Force Boeing E-3F AWACS Aircraft Exail, formerly ECA Group, and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) have signed a major new…
Takeoff of The Big A400Vertical M: Why Airbus Spent $1 Billion
The A400 was never intended for verticle capability. It was designed to have short field takeoff and landing. It is a very capable aircraft. JATO has not…
Legendary SR-71 Blackbird the Terminator
The SR-71 Blackbird was a long-range reconnaissance plane with remarkable performance characteristics: Mach 3 speed, and 85,000 service ceiling, and an 11,820 foot per minute rate of climb. The SR-71 was so fast that…