Dynetics Gremlin, a mid-air recoverable unmanned aircraft, has been assigned the X-61A designation by the U.S. Air Force, Aviation Week reports.
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Category: Research
Besides hardware, engineers are testing software for Skyborg
Engineers from 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force recently tested a a software suite called Testing Autonomy in a Complex Environment (TACE) that will be used in the Skyborg program.
U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem
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China’s next AEW platform might not have traditional radome
China’s 14th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), its main contractor that develops airborne early warning (AEW) systems believes that in future, AEW platforms will no longer require the traditional radome in order to function.
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China has developed new rotor manufacturing technique that improves fatigue life
Chinese researchers have managed to produce new helicopter rotors that has a higher fatigue life.
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Aircraft carrier concept by Krylov State Research Center
Photos: Michael Jerdev
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