The UK Royal Marines LLC recently set up a very successful exercise testing the capability of the Gravity Jet Suit to support RM boarding ops. Continue reading
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hears Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight
On April 30, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover made history as the first spacecraft to record sounds from another spacecraft on another planet. During Ingenuity’s fourth flight, a microphone included with the SuperCam instrument aboard Perseverance captured the humming sound of the blades and the din of wind. Continue reading
Blohm & Voss BV 141 – Asymmetrical WW2 Aircraft
The Blohm & Voss BV 141 was a World War II German tactical reconnaissance aircraft, notable for its uncommon structural asymmetry. Although the Blohm & Voss BV 141 performed well, it was never ordered into full-scale production, for reasons that included the unavailability of the preferred engine and competition from another tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the Focke-Wulf Fw 189. Continue reading
XP-55 Ascender – The Backwards Fighter
World War II brought the world some of the best aeronautical engineering designs ever created. And although many of these innovative designs definitely pushed all boundaries, several of them never made the cut. Continue reading
Iran Releases Drone Footage of US Carrier in Persian Gulf
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released drone footage of an American aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading
Drone-Based Hoverboard Lifts Off in LA
After years of research and design, tech inventor Hunter Kowald unveils a fully functional hoverboard — and this one actually flies. in recent years, hoverboard prototypes had been released that fall just short of the typical space-age expectation. Continue reading
1,500 Drones Form Giant QR Code in the Sky to Promote Video Game
Recently, Bilibili launched 1,500 drones into the sky to form a QR code at The Bund, Shanghai. Continue reading
The Whale – Northrop Grumman’s 1980s Stealth Aircraft
Northrop Grumman’s stealth aircraft that was built in secrecy during the 1980s represents a major milestone in surveillance aircraft technology. Tacit Blue — nicknamed “the whale” for its unusual shape — was an experimental prototype that demonstrated that aircraft could spy on enemy operations without being detected by radar. Continue reading