Materialise’s CO-AM is an open software platform designed to more efficiently and securely manage 3D … [+] printing production process. Materialise South Carolina-based 3D Systems, one of the la...
Tag: U.S. Air Force
USAF Extends Sponsorship As Sole Military Branch In NASCAR
TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – APRIL 23: Erik Jones, driver of the #43 U.S. Air Force Chevrolet, drives during … [+] qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Apri...
America’s Best Hope For Beating China In The Air
The B-21. Northrop Grumman capture The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman rolled out their new B-21 Raider stealth bomber in a ceremony at the Air Force’s secretive Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, ...
Why Boeing Believes It Has An Edge In Any New Air Force Tanker Competition
The U.S. Air Force is in the midst of a multi-decade effort to replace over 400 Cold War-era tankers in its aerial refueling fleet. The contract for the first increment of 179 tankers was awarded to B...
U.S. Cuts Pacific Airpower Presence As China’s Military Grows
An F-15C from the 67th Fighter Squadron takes off from Kadena Air Base, Japan Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac The United States broadcast contradictory messages last week, perplexing allies and pot...
The Air Force’s Aged Fleet Of AWACS Radar Planes Is In ‘Hospice Care.’ It Needs New Planes As Soon As Possible.
The E-3 Sentry AWACS plane with its rotating radar dome above the fuselage has long been a symbol of Western resolve to resist aggression. A total of 68 were built during the cold war, with half being...
Nothing Left to Fight With
The remains of an F-16C from the 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron shot down over Iraq during … [+] Operation Desert Storm in 1991. In a future conflict with China this could sadly be a common sig...
The Defense Innovation Unit’s ‘Private Money’ Approach Aims to Produce Reusable Hypersonic Test Aircraft Fast
Hermeus’ quarter-scale “Quarterhorse” is the kind of privately funded hypersonic test aircraft DIU … [+] is seeking for its HyCAT initiative. Hermeus Blazing speed at blazing t...
Are Air Force Pilots’ Cancer Cases Linked To Cockpit Radiation? Calls Rise For Studies.
A better understanding of the relationship between cockpit radiation and cancer rates among USAF … [+] pilots is vital says AFOTEC 6 Director, Colonel Dan “Animal” Javorsek. Courtesy...
Merlin Labs Raises $105 Million To Solve The Pilot Shortage By Robotizing Airplanes
As air travelers suffer through a summer of flight delays and cancellations fueled in part by a pilot shortage, Merlin Labs is one of a slew of companies working on a long-term solution: taking pilots...
Until Flight Tests Begin, The Air Force Knows Little About 5G Interference and It’s Saying Less
Snow-covered C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft sit on the flight line at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. … [+] The Air Force is reporting no issues with 5G interference so far but little else. U.S. Air...
Russian Bombers Could Pummel Ukraine … Without Going Anywhere Near Ukraine
A Tu-160 fires a Kh-101. Russian defense ministry photo The Russian air force possesses the world’s third-biggest bomber fleet after the Chinese and American air forces. Expect many of these 137 Tu-22...
Robot ‘Dogs’ To Keep U.S.A.F. Runways Clear Of Hazardous Debris
A robot described as ‘Roomba for runways’ under development for the U.S. Air Force could help prevent foreign objects damaging aircraft. Foreign Object Debris or FOD – anything that is not supposed to...