The Air Force Wants Laser Communication Pods To Securely Link Fighter Aircraft With Satellites
Laser communications pods could give fighter aircraft virtually unjammable high-bandwidth satellite communications.
Laser communications pods could give fighter aircraft virtually unjammable high-bandwidth satellite communications.
The relatively cheap cockpit upgrade would eliminate the need for B-52 crews to carry loads of potentially risky lithium-ion batteries on missions.
JetPack Aviation has sold its first JB12 jetpacks and also has deals to work on other designs with the US Navy SEALs and the US Air Force.
The Pentagon is increasingly interested in much faster and more survivable aircraft that can land and takeoff like a helicopter but fly like a jet.
The AFWERX initiative is reaching out to industry for ideas on how to protect its flightlines from drone incursions and more.
The special ops folks want something that is far faster than the CV-22 and even leapfrogs the next generation of high-speed rotorcraft technology.
This is the first demonstration of an automated cleaning process that saves large amounts of labor and could become standard across the Air Force.
The service says that women aviators are deliberately not hydrating to avoid having to go, which creates all sorts of serious risks.
The company is also developing an advanced high-speed jet engine to power the prospective design.