Tag: Boeing
US Navy Chief of Ops visits Bahrain; Focus is on Coalition and Readiness
Chief of US Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russ Smith visited the Gulf state of Bahrain...
Nowhere to Hide
Published in December 2020/January 2021 issue - Targeting pods have matured and are turning the laser-guided bomb from bludgeon to rapier!
Though guided munitions date...
Sweden’s Aerial Shield
Published in the December 2020/January 2021 issue - Major General Carl-Johan Edström discusses current and future deployments for the Swedish Air Force, as well...
UAVs evolve to meet the changing mission
Published in the October/November 2020 Issue - Unmanned aerial vehicles can be employed from the smallest to largest military formations, to meet a developing...
US Army’s VIPER Lab Gears Up for Future Vertical Lift
In December 2020, the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), part of the Army Research Laboratory, initiated a Vehicle Innovative Powertrain Experimental Research...
AUSA: Defiant – The Rotorcraft That Thinks It’s a Jet (‘Breaking Parachute Included’)
AUSA, Washington DC: The sensation of flying the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant rotorcraft “is more like a tactical jet than a helicopter,” said Sikorsky test...
Boeing-built Space Force Satellite Passes Design Review
Boeing and the U.S. Space Force successfully completed the first major engineering design review for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ communications satellite.
This successful...
A New, Data Driven Big Stick
Manned attack helicopters still have a future, as witnessed by the US Army’s thrust towards Next generation rotorcraft. But will the accolades gained during...
Boeing Delivers 2,500th AH-64 Apache Helicopter
Boeing recently delivered its 2,500th AH-64 Apache helicopter, an E-model Apache for the U.S. Army, from the company’s production line in Mesa, Arizona.
AH-64 Apache...
Electronic Warfare for RAF Wedgetails
Leonardo plans to certify electronic warfare equipment for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) new E-7 Wedgetail AEW.1 airborne early warning aircraft by 2022.
Defensive...
