Featured in flight testBYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022ShareDigital Shadow Will Insert Northrop Grumman’s CRJ Testbed Aircraft Into The Virtual RealmThe highly adaptable CRJ-700 testbed jets are getting a ‘digital twin’ to allow them to virtually flight test hardware before ever taking to the sky. BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 4, 2022ShareMysterious Aircraft Spotted At Area 51 In Unprecedented Satellite Image (Updated)A delta-shaped tailless fighter-sized aircraft that looks like nothing we’ve seen before calls the secretive base home. BYTyler RogowayFeb 4, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021ShareHypersonic Strike Aircraft Capability Is Part Of The Air Force’s Shadowy Project MayhemThe Air Force wants this hypersonic platform to be able to carry out strike and intelligence-gathering missions with one of three different payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2021ShareSecond Attempt To Test The Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon FailsThe missile’s rocket booster failed to ignite after separating from the B-52 carrying it, but the Air Force says it still gained valuable test data. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 7, 2021ShareWarhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First TimeThe test of the warhead comes as the service is reportedly preparing to try again to conduct its inaugural launch of a prototype AGM-183A missile. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 7, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021ShareBroken ARRW: Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Fails During Inaugural TestThe prototype missile never left the wing of the B-52H bomber carrying it during the hugely anticipated test. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021ShareBYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021ShareAir Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing EventsThe Air Force has melded its Orange and Black Flag test events, and their exotic participants, to bring new capabilities to the fight even faster. BYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJan 4, 2021ShareLet’s Talk About This Intriguing Object Seen In The Scoot-And-Hide Hangar At Area 51A recent photo taken of Groom Lake by a private pilot shows what appears to be a dagger-shaped object in one of the facility’s aircraft shelters. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJan 4, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareNotoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works BirthplaceIt’s the second time the stealthy flying-wing drone has appeared in broad daylight at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California in the last two months. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020ShareAir Force’s Mayhem Project Tied To Hypersonic Engines For Planes Such As The SR-72The service wants these hypersonic demonstrators to have advanced air-breathing jet engines at their core. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareIs The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?Typically used to launch rockets to put small satellites in orbit, Stargazer may be working on a classified hypersonic or space launch program. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020ShareVeteran Flight Tester On How The YA-7F Strikefighter Was Really A Jet Recycling ProgramThe YA-7F program aimed to field a new battlefield interdiction jet for pennies on the dollar by using spare engines and airframes. And it worked. BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareNavy Presents Revealing F-35 Helmet Display Videos And Flight Test DangersSeminar by F-35 testers details tense nighttime carrier vertical landing that almost went wrong and the breaking off of a F-35B’s refueling probe tip during tanker trials. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 12, 2019ShareVisitors To Area 51 Have To Wear “Foggles” That Severely Limit Vision When Moving AboutThe frosted eyewear, which comes from the aerospace world, keeps a wearer from seeing anything aside from what is directly in front of and below them. BYTyler RogowayDec 12, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWe Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program OfficialsSikorsky is betting huge on its X2 technology, but there’s still much to understand about it and how they see it as the future of vertical lift. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share12
BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022ShareDigital Shadow Will Insert Northrop Grumman’s CRJ Testbed Aircraft Into The Virtual RealmThe highly adaptable CRJ-700 testbed jets are getting a ‘digital twin’ to allow them to virtually flight test hardware before ever taking to the sky. BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 4, 2022ShareMysterious Aircraft Spotted At Area 51 In Unprecedented Satellite Image (Updated)A delta-shaped tailless fighter-sized aircraft that looks like nothing we’ve seen before calls the secretive base home. BYTyler RogowayFeb 4, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021ShareHypersonic Strike Aircraft Capability Is Part Of The Air Force’s Shadowy Project MayhemThe Air Force wants this hypersonic platform to be able to carry out strike and intelligence-gathering missions with one of three different payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 20, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2021ShareSecond Attempt To Test The Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon FailsThe missile’s rocket booster failed to ignite after separating from the B-52 carrying it, but the Air Force says it still gained valuable test data. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 7, 2021ShareWarhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First TimeThe test of the warhead comes as the service is reportedly preparing to try again to conduct its inaugural launch of a prototype AGM-183A missile. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 7, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021ShareBroken ARRW: Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Fails During Inaugural TestThe prototype missile never left the wing of the B-52H bomber carrying it during the hugely anticipated test. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 6, 2021Share
BYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021ShareAir Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing EventsThe Air Force has melded its Orange and Black Flag test events, and their exotic participants, to bring new capabilities to the fight even faster. BYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJan 4, 2021ShareLet’s Talk About This Intriguing Object Seen In The Scoot-And-Hide Hangar At Area 51A recent photo taken of Groom Lake by a private pilot shows what appears to be a dagger-shaped object in one of the facility’s aircraft shelters. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJan 4, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareNotoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works BirthplaceIt’s the second time the stealthy flying-wing drone has appeared in broad daylight at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California in the last two months. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020ShareAir Force’s Mayhem Project Tied To Hypersonic Engines For Planes Such As The SR-72The service wants these hypersonic demonstrators to have advanced air-breathing jet engines at their core. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 23, 2020Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020ShareIs The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?Typically used to launch rockets to put small satellites in orbit, Stargazer may be working on a classified hypersonic or space launch program. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickAug 13, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020ShareVeteran Flight Tester On How The YA-7F Strikefighter Was Really A Jet Recycling ProgramThe YA-7F program aimed to field a new battlefield interdiction jet for pennies on the dollar by using spare engines and airframes. And it worked. BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareNavy Presents Revealing F-35 Helmet Display Videos And Flight Test DangersSeminar by F-35 testers details tense nighttime carrier vertical landing that almost went wrong and the breaking off of a F-35B’s refueling probe tip during tanker trials. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 12, 2019ShareVisitors To Area 51 Have To Wear “Foggles” That Severely Limit Vision When Moving AboutThe frosted eyewear, which comes from the aerospace world, keeps a wearer from seeing anything aside from what is directly in front of and below them. BYTyler RogowayDec 12, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWe Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program OfficialsSikorsky is betting huge on its X2 technology, but there’s still much to understand about it and how they see it as the future of vertical lift. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
