The Mil V-12: The Largest Helicopter Ever Built
MI-12 at Monino Central Air Force Museum (Moscow) Photo: Bernhard Gröhl Hell of a Copter It’s amazing what people can make fly, especially when the cold war was in full…
Read moreThe Advent of Flying Cranes
Starting in early 1950s helicopter producers experimented with rotorcraft that could lift heavy and bulky weights and carry them externally, on a platform beneath the fuselage or hoisted on a…
Read moreChanging the Sound of Speed: The Sonic Quest of NASAโs F-5
U.S. Navy F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) aircraft Remember that time NASA took an F-5 and made it look like it was ready for a day at the yacht…
Read moreMany Faces of the B-17G Flying Fortress
B-17G, Sentimental Journey Photo: Airwolfhound The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is the third-most produced bomber in history: 12,731 aircraft of this type went off the production line between 1936 and…
Read moreEarly Christmas Present: Army Receives Potentially Revolutionary Unmanned Ground Vehicles
ust days before Christmas, the U.S. Army has taken delivery of two Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light unmanned ground vehicle prototypes, or RCV-Ls, ahead of schedule. American firm Pratt Miller, which is…
Read moreAbramsX vs Armata: How Does US’ Next-Gen Main Battle Tank Stack Up Against Its Russian Analogue
The crisis in Ukraine has shown the continued relevance of tanks in land warfare, with Ukrainian forces burning through dozens of Western-made tanks, once touted as superior to anything Russia’s…
Read moreLeonardo ushers in a new eะณะฐ in aviation with his AW609 tiltrotor.
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Read moreDesigned to ัษฉะฐั Anything Above (Or Below) the Sea, the Boeing P-8 Poseidon
In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the brother of Zeus, the sky god and chief deity of ancient Greece, and of Hades, the god of the underworld. When the three brothers…
Read moreAirborne Firefighting Is Made More Innovative by the S-64 Helicopter
Aircraft have long played a ัะณแดััะฐษฉ ะณoษฉe in combating wัษฉdfัะณeั, but the S-64 Air Crane helicopter has taken aerial firefighting to new heights with its innovative sea snorkel technology. This…
Read moreAs the US tests the new Super A-10 Warthog, Russia is concerned.
The United States has always been able to design deะฐdษฉั aircraft. But sometimes engineers have managed to exceed even the wildest expectations by practically designing an impenetrable tะฐะฟk with…
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