Featured in China LakeBYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareProject FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter CockpitsThe new initiative envisages an air combat ‘app store’ that has software for all types of uses that can run on a tablet in the cockpit. BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020ShareThese Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The TestInfrared data collected by the pods is used for developing new missiles, sensors, aircraft, and countermeasures, and for the evaluation of enemy ones. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020ShareBYRowland WhiteNov 27, 2020ShareHer Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air ForceThe author of a new book on the conflict reveals how the American-made AIM-9L missile provided a lethal edge in the 1982 Falklands air war. BYRowland WhiteNov 27, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 20, 2020ShareNavy Fighter Jet Crashes In The Desert Near China Lake Test Base (Updated)The pilot of the F/A-18E Super Hornet was able to safely eject and is in good condition. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 20, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 EscortThe intriguing test flights have continued with new aircraft types joining a trio of Scaled Composites’ aircraft high over the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test FlightsThe alien-looking aircraft and its twin are being used for intriguing trials involving a number of other aircraft high above the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)The highly unique aircraft flew between China Lake and Mojave Air and Space Port in what appears to have been an aerial test. BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareThis Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff SceneUsing a very real F/A-18 Hornet to figure out how to capture the sequence gave the movie’s production team what they needed to make the magic happen. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWhat It’s Like To Work Inside The Navy’s Secretive China Lake Weapons Development CenterThe sprawling and remote facility is critical to maintaining the Navy’s combat edge and, according to one man, it is also a fascinating place to work. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 11, 2019ShareArmy Night Stalker Chinook Teamed Up With Bomb-Slinging Drone In Complex AI-Enabled TestAfter the MQ-1C Gray Eagle launched its miniature glide bomb, a sensor network told personnel on the ground to redirect it to strike a new target. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 11, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 11, 2019ShareUSMC’s Huge New CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Has Not So Tiny Problems, Faces More DelaysPersistent technical issues continue to hound the program as the Corps’ aging Super Stallions are in ever more dire need of replacement. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 11, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2018ShareWeapons Testers At China Lake Obliterate Everything In This Crazy ‘Greatest Hits’ ReelThe US military’s qualitative edge depends a lot on the huge test apparatus that supports it, including weapons ranges where things go bang…a lot! BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2018Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareProject FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter CockpitsThe new initiative envisages an air combat ‘app store’ that has software for all types of uses that can run on a tablet in the cockpit. BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020ShareThese Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The TestInfrared data collected by the pods is used for developing new missiles, sensors, aircraft, and countermeasures, and for the evaluation of enemy ones. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020Share
BYRowland WhiteNov 27, 2020ShareHer Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air ForceThe author of a new book on the conflict reveals how the American-made AIM-9L missile provided a lethal edge in the 1982 Falklands air war. BYRowland WhiteNov 27, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 20, 2020ShareNavy Fighter Jet Crashes In The Desert Near China Lake Test Base (Updated)The pilot of the F/A-18E Super Hornet was able to safely eject and is in good condition. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 20, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 EscortThe intriguing test flights have continued with new aircraft types joining a trio of Scaled Composites’ aircraft high over the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test FlightsThe alien-looking aircraft and its twin are being used for intriguing trials involving a number of other aircraft high above the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)The highly unique aircraft flew between China Lake and Mojave Air and Space Port in what appears to have been an aerial test. BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareThis Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff SceneUsing a very real F/A-18 Hornet to figure out how to capture the sequence gave the movie’s production team what they needed to make the magic happen. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWhat It’s Like To Work Inside The Navy’s Secretive China Lake Weapons Development CenterThe sprawling and remote facility is critical to maintaining the Navy’s combat edge and, according to one man, it is also a fascinating place to work. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 11, 2019ShareArmy Night Stalker Chinook Teamed Up With Bomb-Slinging Drone In Complex AI-Enabled TestAfter the MQ-1C Gray Eagle launched its miniature glide bomb, a sensor network told personnel on the ground to redirect it to strike a new target. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 11, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 11, 2019ShareUSMC’s Huge New CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Has Not So Tiny Problems, Faces More DelaysPersistent technical issues continue to hound the program as the Corps’ aging Super Stallions are in ever more dire need of replacement. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 11, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2018ShareWeapons Testers At China Lake Obliterate Everything In This Crazy ‘Greatest Hits’ ReelThe US military’s qualitative edge depends a lot on the huge test apparatus that supports it, including weapons ranges where things go bang…a lot! BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2018Share
