Today is 20 years since the AW139 took Flight
https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/03-02-2021-2-leonardo-celebrates-the-aw139-helicopter-s-20th-anniversary-of-its-1st-flight?f=%2Fhome
First time I came across AW139 or then BellAgusta AB139 was these Mock ups at...
2000s
2010s
agustawestland
bell agusta aerospace company
bell helicopter company
bellagusta
cold war ii
early 2020s
early 21st century
leonardo
leonardo s.p.a.
post-cold warwaronterror
The artist Ron Cobb, known for his work for many science fiction movies and TV series, has passed away. :(
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In other words bulletproof vests utilising what is in effect ERA. o_O
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6474213.html
https://www.wired.com/2009/03/extreme-protect/
Might work with armored NBC suits and even infantry exoskeleton systems. But tactical vests?!
I think I might have heard about...
2002
21st century
cyberpunk
explosive reactive armor
mad science
next-generation body armor
reactive vests
southwest research institute
united states army
waronterror
Recently, on the website Bring a Trailer a listing appeared for a military project based on a Seagrave chassis with center driving position.
I did some digging and found out it was produced by a Blackwater-ARES joint venture. The Grizzly APC1 was built by Blackwater Armored Vehicle and...
An enlarged update of Robert Hopkins' 1998 Aerofax book, already a pretty good tome:
http://www.amazon.com/Boeing-KC-135-Stratotanker-Robert-Hopkins/dp/1910809012/
2016
air mobility command
boeing
cold war
early 21st century
in-flight refueling tanker
late 20th century
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
strategic air command
strategic reconnaissance
tanker aircraft
united states
united states air force
vietnam warwaronterror
Now I'm not normally one for strong language but I'm sorely tempted in this case.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/12/11/simple-question-on-afghanistan-leaves-officials-stumped/
Towed Modules could provide:
> Hundreds of Cruise or ballistic missiles
> A sensor hub for acoustic and electronic sensors
> A habitat for SEAL or other special forces
> A refueling station for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
(from...
air-to-ground
anti-ship missile
anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
asuw
boeing
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
late 20th century
mcdonnell douglas
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
royal navy
united states navy
waronterror
aircraft carrier
cold war ii
naval sea systems command
navsea
nuclear powered vessels
post-cold war
transformation
united states
united states navy
waronterror
NH90 has been sized and conceived to be able to operate from any type of prepared or unprepared surfaces and to satisfy already in its basic design the entire specific feature requested by tactical transport requirements. Sharing common basis, only the on-board mission system differentiates the...
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
airbus helicopters
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
cold war ii
late 1980s
nato helicopter management agency
nh industires
nhindustries
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold warwaronterror
This topic for built and unbuilt aircraft projects for the CIA, which are no longer in service.
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Wikipedia -...
central intelligence agency
close air support
cold war
cold war ii
covert operations
post-cold war
spy plane
spyplane
strategic reconnaissance
united states
unmanned air vehicle
waronterror
I found a very interesting white paper prepared for the United States Army at the RAND Corporation web site discussing a United States Stability Police Force (SPF):
A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Options for Creating U.S. Capabilities
by Terrence K. Kelly...
Since the U.S. Joint Heavy Lift topic has become way too crowded with its 20+ pages, I think it's time to devote individual pages to the more significant projects, such as the S-CAT, T-CAT and V-CAT Configurable Air Transport designs.
Images and texts from AFRL's Innovations in Tankers, Air...
G'day gents
Can anyone please confirm the following -
'January, 11, 2011: The U.S Army has finally, after over a decade of development, and no orders, cancelled its SLAMRAAM anti aircraft missile system'
If so, this would have to emphasised the inability of the U.S military to be able to run...
2011
air defence
air defense artillery branch
air-to-surface missile
early 2010s
obama administration
post-cold war
spad
u.s. army
united states army
waronterror
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I don't know where this really belongs (if at all) anyway, out of interest, Air Britain have (?) released a new book on RAF unmanned aircraft / target drones / recon drones called "Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms" - I do NOT know if any projected models are included :-...
aerial gunnery target
aerial torpedo
british army
cold war
drone
early 21st century
electronic warfare
fleet air arm
interwar period
late 20th century
photo-recce
post-cold war
royal air force
royal navy
tactical reconnaissance
target drone
unmanned aerial vehicle
waronterror
world war i
world war ii
Because of a little disagreement over in Naval Projects, I did a bit more digging on this program and found some interesting facts that I thought merited a new topic (here for the moment, rather than Military, since the prototypes don't seem to have been built yet).
The Combatant Craft, Heavy...
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