The Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Had A Crazy Rotating Gunner’s Seat Right Out Of Star Wars
Lockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne was ahead of its time in many ways. While its swiveling gunner’s seat was not one of them, it certainly was cool.
Lockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne was ahead of its time in many ways. While its swiveling gunner’s seat was not one of them, it certainly was cool.
We go in-depth with Lockheed’s point man on Aegis about the combat system’s revolutionary past, evolving present, and universal future.
One of Lockheed’s top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow’s battlefield.
One of Lockheed Martin’s top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible.
The USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next.
The kid’s full name is “X Æ A-12,” the latter part being a tribute to Lockheed Skunk Works’ Mach 3-capable jet it built for the CIA in the 1960s.
A little known chapter in the twilight of the SR-71 program became the final nail in its coffin.
The F-117 will join an F-14 Tomcat, a VC-137 “Air Force One” jet, and a VH-3 “Marine One” helicopter that already call the Reagan Library home.
Skunk Works test pilot Harold “Hal” Farley Jr. was at the controls of the YF-117 as it wobbled into the skies for the first time over Area 51. He recounts this historic flight much more in this awesome video interview.
The converted T-33 is the latest example of Iran’s routinely dubious boasts about its military capabilities.