A Real-world Teaching Tool in Orbit
The U.S. Air Force Academy’s Department of Astronautics has proven once again that it is indeed providing cadets the opportunity …
Aerospace
EADS Won’t Stand in Boeing’s Way on KC-X Tanker Win
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) announced on March 4, 2011, that it will not protest the award to …
Gorgon Stare to Deploy
Downplaying a report that found flaws in the system, the Air Force’s combat chief says the Gorgon Stare wide-area surveillance …
“Sensible” CV-22 Osprey Appears to Have Solid Future
The U.S. Air Force’s request for five Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in the administration’s fiscal year 2012 budget request …
The Crest of the Wave
In a few years’ time the world’s defense aerospace community will look back at the decade 2000-2010 and say, “Those …
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
One of the tools desired by even the earliest space visionaries, dating back to 1930s Nazi Germany, has been an …
Tanker Choice a “Done Deal” This Time?
The U.S. Air Force says its first KC-46A air refueling tanker will be operational in 2017. The term KC-46A is …
Gulf War: F-14 Tomcat in Combat
When Operation Desert Storm began, the F-14 Tomcat was the only fighter in the U.S. inventory to have scored an …
Space Access: New and Emerging U.S. Capabilities
The United States has the distinction of being the first country to use space for military purposes, launching both photoreconnaissance …
Demonstration Ride: P-47 Rigid Inflatable Boat
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