A record breaker and for 40 years – can anything beat the Lynx?
The Westland Lynx forms the backbone of the British Army and Navy helicopter forces. Entering military service in 1978, it had already set world speed records during testing. […]
Decoy flares, as commonly used by military aircraft, work by generating a heat signature in excess of the launch vehicle’s jet engines. This has the effect of confusing any incoming heat-seeking missile’s homing system into locking on to the flares’ signatures instead of the aircraft’s, causing it to explode at a safe distance and saving the pilot’s life. […]
The latest and greatest ‘black project’ from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works – technically referred to as the Advanced Development Programs (ADP) unit, a classified division of the company unrestrained by bureaucracy- the F-35 Lightning II is the most advanced fighter jet on Earth. It’s the first and only stealthed, supersonic, multi-role fighter. […]
Russia’s hottest jet project currently in development, the highly classified Sukhoi T-50 or Sukhoi PAK FA (name for serial production when enter service) is a fifth-generation stealth multi-role fighter designed to deliver awesome long-range strike capabilities using modern weapon and stealthiness.
Arguably the main competitor to the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, the Russian-made Sukhoi T-50 is an extremely […]
The high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) roars off the production line ready for action.
Designed to replace several outdated American military vehicles, the high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, or Humvee […]
One of the earliest tanks to be produced, the A7V was supposed to deliver German soldiers a mobile fortress to breakthrough Allied lines, but wasn’t a great success…
Designed specifically to counter the emergence of British tanks on the Western Front during World War I, the A7V was a medium-armoured tank designed by the German General War Department in 1916. […]
We gets some hot tips from Apache pilot Captain Alex Harris of A Regiment Army Air Corps on flying one of the planet s most cutting-edge choppers.
1. How do you get off the ground in an Apache?
We can take off vertically into the hover like any other helicopter, but when we are heavily laden we prefer to conduct a running takeoff, using a runway like an aeroplane. For both techniques we will pull the collective lever up to increase power from the engines and change the angle of attack of the rotor blades, which together generate more lift. When the helicopter’s lift is greater than the weight, we go up! […]
A lightweight aircraft boasting diverse multi-role functionality, the Mirage 2000 epitomizes fourth-generation fighter jets.
Despite being overshadowed by more glamorous aircraft over the last 30 years, the Dassault Mirage 2000 series of multi-role fighter jets has quietly delivered excellent functionality and cost efficiency for its operators, which as of 2012, includes nations from Europe, through the Middle East and on to Asia. […]
The world’s first delta-winged bomber, the Avro Vulcan was an aerial titan, capable of delivering a 4,536kg nuclear bomb to any hostile target within a huge radius
Born in the aftermath of WWII – where despite years of conventional warfare, the war was won in the east with the dropping of two atomic bombs – the Avro Vulcan was designed to be Britain’s first line of atomic offence in future conflicts. A new era of modern warfare was emerging from the flames and dust that had consumed […]
The B-17 was designed in 1934 by Boeing to take part in a US Army Air Corps competition to produce a modern multi-engined bomber. Their Model 299 prototype first flew on 28 July 1935, and a Journalist nicknamed it the ‘Flying Fortress’.
In October 1935, the prototype crashed and the design lost out to the Douglas DB-1. Fortunately, the Air Corps recognized it was a promising aircraft and ordered 13299s in January 1936, which they designated the Y1B-17. Not long after, the Y1B-17 became the B-17, and Wright Cyclone engines replaced the 299’s Pratt 8 Whitney Hornet engines. […]
