Category Air Force & Aviation

Militaries race to develop Very Long Range Air-to-Air missiles with features like large ‘no-escape zone’, AESA Radar, EO/IR Imaging, Network centric data links and hypersonic speeds

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Over the past few decades, advances in electronic sensors, communications technology, and guided weapons may have fundamentally transformed the nature of air combat.  One of critical technologies was superior situational awareness (SA) when a pilot has a better understanding of…...

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Militaries continue to enhance Short and Medium Range Air-to-Air missiles for achieving superiority in Dogfights

Over the past few decades, advances in electronic sensors, communications technology, and guided weapons may have fundamentally transformed the nature of air combat.  One of critical technologies was superior situational awareness (SA) when a pilot has a better understanding of…...

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More Electric aircraft (MEA) and All Electric Aircraft to reduce carbon emissions, enhance energy efficiency and enable stealthy missions

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The civil global aviation market has experienced considerable economic growth in recent years and will keep increasing. It is estimated that around 1300 new international airports will be required, and the commercial aircraft fleet will double by 2050, with a…...

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Militaries test Stand-off smart anti-airfield weapon (SAAW) to destroy enemy runways

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Anti-runway penetration bombs are systems involving bombs or bomblets designed to disrupt the surface of an airfield runway and make it unusable for flight operations.   India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully test-fired an indigenous stand-off smart anti-airfield…...

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DARPA’s DyNAMO and C2E demonstrated Secure, Jam Resistant and Adaptable Airborne Networks for Collaborative team of Manned & Unmanned Platforms

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Chinese military has been engaged in comprehensive modernization of  its air, naval, and ground forces, while incorporating a variety of anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) systems and capabilities.  “To operate against adversaries with “anti-access / area denial” capabilities the U.S. needs to…...

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Israel successfully tests Multilayered Air Defense system to defend against Barrage of short-, medium- and long-range ballistic missiles,

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Israel is a small country surrounded by many enemies, facing many security threats. Israel also faces a “high trajectory threat” that involves short-, medium- and long-range ballistic missiles, putting the country in jeopardy of facing an unprecedented barrage. This could…...

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New structural health monitoring technologies can detect aircraft damage in real time and even predict failures

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All kinds of engineering infrastructures undergo aging, and damage appears as a consequence of the loads applied to them, so inspection and maintenance actions are required to predict and lengthen their lifetime thus avoiding catastrophic failures. Due to the harsh…...

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Militaries developing wide range of aircrafts for electronic-warfare capable of tactical jamming to ectronic attack

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All modern forces depend on unimpeded access to, and use of, the EM spectrum in conducting military operations. Therefore, there is a requirement to gain and maintain an advantage in the electromagnetic spectrum by countering adversary’s systems and protecting one’s…...

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Rising Green alternatives to fossil-based jet kerosene driven by rising global and military aircraft industry and concern of emissions

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Global aviation fuel market was valued at US$178.560 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.00%  to reach a total market size of US$253.261 billion in 2025. Booming travel and tourism industry is one of…...

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Infrared Search and Track (IRST) emerging as preferred solution for engaging stealthy aircraft and cruise missiles

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Stealth has revolutionized the Air power by vastly enhancing the penetration capabilities of fifth generation aircrafts like the F-22A Raptor developed by Lockheed Martin and Boeing, L.M. F-35 Lightning II. Stealth in military is often described to mean, all the…...

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