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Upcoming X-37B flight will test experimental propulsion system

Posted on April 25, 2015 by alert5

According to the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the next X-37B flight will test an experimental propulsion system jointly developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Space and Missile Systems Center.

Boeing X-37B inside payload fairing before launch
By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Research, Space

Photos of the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling by an unmanned aircraft

Posted on April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 by alert5

The X-47B successfully completes the first autonomous aerial refueling demonstration over the Chesapeake bay on Apr. 22.

US Navy's X-47B, AV-2, Bureau # 168064, of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), conduct Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) over the Chesapeake Bay on 16 April 2015.  VX-23 is part of the Naval Test Wing Atlantic in Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
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South Korea unveils tilt-rotor UAV

Posted on April 21, 2015April 21, 2015 by alert5

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute unveiled its TR-60 unmanned tilt-rotor to the press on Apr. 20.


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Researchers generate virtual Su-27 targets into the cockpits of F/A-18s

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

Flying over China Lake, three U.S. Navy F/A-18s had eight Su-27s appeared in their radars and radar warning receivers on Nov. 25, 2014.

F-18's are refueled in Afghanistan
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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X-47B made dry contact with tanker

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

X-47B, Salty Dog 2, successfully made dry contact with the drogue of an Omega K-707 aerial tanker on Apr. 15 above the skies of Chesapeake.

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Photo: NAVAIR

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