Lockheed Martin Inks Deal to Build More CH-53 King Stallion Choppers, Here's Why It's Huge
4 Feb 2022, 12:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As you may or may not be aware, Sikorsky is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin these days and has been since 2015
The Story of the Land Rover Llama, the COE Truck You Didn't Know Existed
3 Feb 2022, 14:21 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Rejected by the British Ministry of Defence, project Llama was cancelled in 1988, putting an end to Land Rover's civilian competitor to the Unimog
Raytheon's Phaser Microwave Beam Weapon is Certifiably Insane, Can BBQ Hypersonic Missiles
31 Jan 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Raytheon Missiles and Defense first conducted field tests with its Phaser system at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2018
Porsche 597 Jagdwagen: The 356 Engined 4x4 that Could Have Challenged Jeep
29 Jan 2022, 13:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / At the rear of the vehicle sat the 1.6-liter boxer engine so famously found in the 356. The engine was fed through a five-speed manual gearbox
MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV Ready to Fly with the Navy, No Xbox Controller Required
24 Jan 2022, 19:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What sets the Fire Scout apart is its ability to operate for a duration exceeding ten hours and with a range of over 1,000 miles (1609.34 km).
Lockheed Martin Inks Deal to Beef Up Egypt's Fleet of Apache Choppers
11 Jan 2022, 16:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Tt's expected to take up four years of labor to get all of the 25 Apaches up to the latest specs. The work is anticipated to take place in Mesa, Arizona
Gravity Lends Its Jet Suit to NATO for Mountain Warfare Rescue Exercise in Slovenia
11 Jan 2022, 10:18 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / NATO is testing Gravity Industries' jet suit for potential rescue missions. The last adventure of the flying suit took place in the Slovenian mountains
Barn Find Condition Me-163 Komet Shows the Fall of WW2 Germany in a Nutshell
6 Jan 2022, 18:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's fitting that this rocket fighter is in such close proximity to Space Shuttle Discovery in the museum hangar. We may never have had one without the other.
Forget the Corsair, This is the Real Most Important Navy Plane of WW2
6 Jan 2022, 14:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a twin-engined flying boat apart that from recovering downed aviators it excelled at convoy bombing and reconnaissance
Before Multi Billionaire Status,Steven Udvar-Hazy Made Airplane Models Out of Match Sticks
31 Dec 2021, 21:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What we can gather from Mr. Udvar-Hazy is A, he's a very big fan of aviation, and B, richer than most of us can comprehend
Bell P-39 Airacobra: Mid Engined, But No C8 Corvette With Wings
31 Dec 2021, 21:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The primary purpose of mounting the engine middle in such an aircraft was not weight distribution, like in a Ferrari, but protecting it from enemy gunfire
Meet the Seversky P-35"Babybolt," The P-47s Long Forgotten Ancestor
31 Dec 2021, 21:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The typical on and off aviation fan may not know about the P-47 or the company that built it was its existence before its introduction
Up Close and Personal With Enola Gay, the Most Polarizing Airplane of All Time
30 Dec 2021, 21:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Enola Gay was not just any Superfortress. It was one of 65 ever built to the Army Air Force's "Silverplate" designation. These could carry nuclear payloads
NASA VIEW Headset Defined VR Decades Before Oculus, Probably Can't Play Half-Life: Alyx
30 Dec 2021, 07:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This 1980s VR headset was developed and created by hand by a crack team of scientists and engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center in California
This Bizzare Parasite Fighter Hung from a Colossal Navy Airship
30 Dec 2021, 06:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The tiny fighter was a mere 20 feet (6.14 m) long and 10.6 feet (3.2 m) tall, positively puny even in its day. It also weighed less than 3,000 pounds
Spotlight USA: Head to Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center for Planes You Won't See Anywhere Else
29 Dec 2021, 20:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's a handful of aircraft on display that you won't find anywhere else on the planet, for that matter. Come and join us as we give the highlights
World War I Fighter Planes Were Horrifying Deathtraps, Here's Why
24 Dec 2021, 20:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Consider that the first shots fired in the war in July 1914 came only 11 years after the genesis of powered aviation by the Wright Brothers in December 1903
Years Before the Sidewinder, This German Missile Was the First of its Kind
24 Dec 2021, 20:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A group of top German engineers would lay the foundation for what would become the air-to-air missile during World War Two and laid the groundwork for all AAMs
Here's What Remains of Lady Be Good, A B-24 Liberator Lost in the Desert for Decades
24 Dec 2021, 20:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The story of the bomber and its crew baffled search and rescue parties for years after the fateful flight. By the time the wreckage was found, the war was over