On the technology front, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has designed a camera pod to carry on P-3’s and P-8’s that will provide video evidence of reckless intercepts by anybody View More ›
3-D Printer Helping Ease Global Hawk Restrictions
I’m at the age that views 3-D printing as one part awesome, incredible technology, and another part pure sorcery. Obviously the pure sorcery thing is just because I don’t fully View More ›
Marines Adding Harvest Hawk to Herc, Osprey
The Marine Corps has its sights set on equipping the Harvest Hawk weapons kit on their entire KC-130J and MV-22 fleet. Harvest Hawk would give the remainder of the non-outfitted View More ›
K-MAX Helicopter Arrives at MCAS Yuma
The K-MAX helicopter, which can fly with or without a pilot and has already proven its worth in Afghanistan, has now taken up residence in Yuma, Arizona. While overseas, the View More ›
A Spitfire Nearly Broke The Speed Of Sound?!
FighterSweep Fans, breaking the sound barrier was once thought to be an unattainable goal. Several men died while dancing with that particular beast, and it wasn’t until 14 October 1947–when View More ›
LRASM: Lockheed Martin’s Anti-Ship Solution!
Good day, FighterSweep faithful! We stumbled on this pretty cool video from the folks at Lockheed-Martin. The video depicts their long range anti-ship missile or LRASM, (if you didn’t deduce View More ›
Reserve Pilot Leads Pegasus Charge To Delivery
As we reported previously, the Air Force has expressed great concern over whether or not Boeing Defense will be able to deliver the KC-46A Pegasus on time. Boeing, on the View More ›
Warthog: Dutiful, Dependable, and Devastating
Good evening, FighterSweep Fans! You won’t find a lot of new information in this piece over at Scout Warrior, but the truth is we–much like yourselves–don’t tire of reading about View More ›
Japan: Open To Western Fighter Designs
Editor’s Note: Since its unveiling, Japan’s ATD-X aircraft has undertaken an ambitious test program. As you can see in the video, they’re at the point of doing high-speed texts–with both View More ›
British MoD Looks to SPEAR 3 For F-35
Editor’s Note: SPEAR Cap 3 is set to be part of the offensive armament of British F-35s, both for the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy’s squadrons. A standoff View More ›