Boeing Phantom Works, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory are preparing a new scaled-down version of a remote-controlled blended wing body (BWB) aircraft dubbed X-48B for flight tests early next year. The large wing shaped prototype was build ...
M80 Stiletto
Twin M hulled (the body of the craft below the outer deck) for greater stability, 24 m (80 ft.) long with a 12 m (40 ft.) beam, M Ship’s M80 Stiletto provides a rectangular deck area equivalent to a conventional ...
ABRAcadabra – AirBorne ReArming
The technology for rearming aircraft with weapons in midair might soon be a reality. This revolutionary technology would enable combat missions, currently requiring dozens of aircraft, to be performed by very few, and to carry out numerous missions by unmanned ...
Ramjet Rocket Takes to the Skies
A unique air-breathing rocket built by students from the Technion in Haifa, Israel was launched from a test facility on early May this year. The sleek 3.7 meter (12 foot) Ramtech rocket took to the Israeli skies, reaching a speed ...
Crusher UGCV
Carnegie Mellon’s 6.5-ton “Crusher” combines strength and mobility to create an extremely robust, unmanned vehicle that can function on its own in challenging off-road terrain. The project is known as UPI, which stands for Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle (UGCV) PerceptOR ...