May 3, 2016 F-35 pilots to wear $400,000 helmets that can see through the plane We've come a long way from the classic leather aviator helmets and goggles pilots famously wore in WWI.
May 3, 2016 Software glitch causes F-35 to incorrectly detect targets in formation Engineers are trying to fix the F-35’s software package after it was discovered the sensors for the Joint Strike Fighter malfunction when detecting targets when the aircraft flies in formation.
May 3, 2016 New small diameter bomb doesn’t fit inside Marines' F-35B Joint Strike Fighter engineers will have to make adjustments to the weapons bay of the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 so the aircraft can carry a pin point glide bomb by 2022, JSF program officials said.
May 3, 2016 Veterans, active duty military, tap social media network for support Since its launch in 2012, the RallyPoint social forum has become an online community, sounding board, and professional guide for over 500,000 veterans and active duty men and women serving in the military.
May 3, 2016 High-tech US hardware can minimize the risk of pilot capture in ISIS air war The horrific killing of captured Jordanian Air Force Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh by Islamic State militants has highlighted the risks coalition pilots face as they fly combat missions against ISIS positions in Iraq and Syria.
May 3, 2016 Cold War bomber technology still playing key role Photographs of NATO fighter jets monitoring Russian military aircraft as they approached the airspace of NATO countries in recent months revealed more than just President Putin flexing his muscles in response to sanctions against Russia for its support of Ukrainian separatist rebels. They also indicate that Russian bomber technology from the 1950s was built to last, perhaps for far longer than many anticipated.
May 3, 2016 F-35 fighter jet tested in extreme weather conditions Solar radiation, freezing rain, dense fog: The next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter warplane can withstand all that and more, according to U.S.
May 3, 2016 War Games: A look back at some of the most popular innovations of 2014 What do cyborgs, thought-controlled planes, peacock shrimp armor, sharpshooting, and the “Interstellar” spacecraft all have in common? These were all your favorites that we covered in 2014. Here’s a look back at the most popular innovations.
May 3, 2016 Military innovations: X-Planes, jumbo jet war machines, 'digital quarterbacks' Despite cutbacks, the defense industry continued to produce innovative military planes in 2014. Here’s a look back at three aircraft innovations readers’ found very promising – the Navy’s latest flying ‘digital quarterback,’ the hybrid X plane, and jumbo jets being adapted as war machines.
May 3, 2016 3 cool new military helicopters, plus an amped up Apache 2014 was a year that yielded many of advances in military aviation. Here is a look back at the public debut of three exciting new helicopters as well as the U.S. Army’s reveal of breakthrough tech for a tried and true favorite, the Apache.
