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Aviation Safety

Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker Hits Road Sign During Highway Landing Training

Sukhoi Was Practicing Dispersed Landings, When Ground Collision Occurred. A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 combat aircraft narrowly avoided a more serious accident when it landed short and collided with…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
August 29, 2020
Aviation

Take A Look At These Stunning Aerial Shots Of The Monstrous Scaled Composites Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft

These photographs show the current status of the massive aircraft as it waits to resume flying activity at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. The world’s largest aircraft,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 28, 2020
Russia

U.S. RC-135U Combat Sent Flies 11-Hour Mission Quite Close To The Russian Airspace Over The Barents Sea

Taken off from RAF Mildenhall, UK, the aircraft conducted an intelligence gathering mission off Murmansk, over the waters known to be exercise areas for the Russian Northern Fleet. On Aug.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2020
Drones

Second Successful Flight of X-61A Gremlin Air Vehicle (GAV) For DARPA’s Swarming Program

The DARPA Gremlins initiative aims to demonstrate aerial launch and recovery of "swarms" of low-cost reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs). Dynetics, Inc., has successfully test-flown a second X-61A Gremlins Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 27, 2020
Helicopters

Exclusive: Here Are The Photos Of The MH-6 NOTAR Flown and Tested By the 160th SOAR (A) “Night Stalkers”

We get an unprecedented look at the one of a kind "Little Bird" tested by the U.S. Army's elite unit. The U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) “Night…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
August 25, 2020
Hacking

Let’s Forget The Hype And Talk About The AI vs Human Pilot Simulated Dogfight

The Falcon AI agent managed to defeat the human pilot with an astonishing 5-0 score. But there's more to it than meets the eye. A virtually simulated F-16 Fighting Falcon…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
August 24, 2020
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