By Boeing Company on Thursday, June 13th, 2013 The Indian Air Force (IAF) flew its first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III to India today, becoming the most recent operator of the leading airlifter. “The C-17 will equip the Indian Air Force with amongst the world’s most advanced humanitarian and strategic capabilities,” said Air Vice Marshal SRK Nair, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Transport and Helicopters). “We have looked forward to this present day when our Indian Air Force flies the 1st C-17 to its new home in India.” Boeing is heading in the right direction to deliver four more C-17s... Read More »

By Army News Service on Thursday, June 13th, 2013 A new study by Army researchers looks at inserting carbon nanotubes into the structural design of helicopter rotor blades to enhance performance. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s research laboratory hopes this approach could lead on to the design and fabrication of a better generation of rotor blades and stuck wings. Bryan Glaz, Ph.D., Jaret Riddick, Ph.D., and Ed Habtour, research engineers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Vehicle Technology Directorate, lead this effort. Glaz and a team of structural, mechanical and aerospace engineers are embedding carbon nanotubes contained... Read More »

By Army News Service on Monday, June 10th, 2013 A loudspeaker blared “incoming, incoming, incoming” and Soldiers immediately dropped to the bottom. A Counter — Rocket, Artillery and Mortar gun whirred because the weapon system tracked the threat. A four-second burst from the Gatling-type gun filled the air with tracer fire. Then the 300 rounds crackled as they exploded looking like a fireworks show that created a wall of flack which intercepted and destroyed the incoming mortar. The warriors scrambled to their feet and headed toward a bunker. This was the scene May 26, at Thompson Hill Range here as... Read More »

By Air Force News Agency on Thursday, June 13th, 2013 The largest fleet of F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighters grew to twenty-five aircraft because the F-35 Integrated Training Center here welcomed two new Air Force F-35A variants of the multi-role fighter to the Emerald Coast, June 5. The expansion gives the 58th Fighter Squadron the power to fly an expanded schedule and more readily put student pilots throughout the F-35 training course, in step with Maj. Jay Spohn, assistant director of operations on the 58th Fighter Squadron. “We’ll be capable to fly a ‘four-turn-four’ or ‘six-turn-four’,” he said. The... Read More »

By Lockheed Martin on Monday, June 10th, 2013 Lockheed Martin recently delivered the primary Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) Laser Range Finder Designator (LRFD) to the U.S. Army for the AH-64D/E Apache helicopter. “The new laser is the primary component of be fielded inside the Modernized Day Sensor Assembly,” said Lt. Col. Steve Van Riper, U.S. Army product manager of Apache Sensors. “The U.S. Army looks forward to an enduring relationship with the Lockheed Martin and Selex team; we anticipate continued success as we quickly ramp-as much as our planned production rate and start fielding.” The modernized LRFD is the... Read More »