Aircraft Systems

Tactical Manned Aircraft Systems

Chinese Military Developing ‘Invisibility Cloak’: Multispectral Adaptive Camouflage/Visual Cloaking Technology for Future Chinese Fighter Aircraft and Vehicles and Future Warfare?

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Northrop Grumman RQ-180 Low-Observable Flying-Wing Stealth UAS/UAV/Drone Aircraft for ISR Missions: Out of the Black and into the Light!

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Northrop Grumman Bat 12 UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System): Catapult-Launched Tactical Low-Observable/Stealth Drone Aircraft with Blended Wing-Body for Electronic Warfare (EW)/Attack Ops (Video!)

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U.S. Air Force Seeking Laser Weapons for Fighter Aircraft: Air-to-Air Combat Laser Cannon Cometh?

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Bell 407AH Weaponized Combat/Attack Helicopter for Military Special Operations Forces (SOF): Fast, Agile and Very Deadly!

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Boeing/Sikorsky ‘Defiant’ Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Helicopter: Coaxial/Dual-Rotor Compound Helicopter for U.S. Military Special Operations Forces (SOF)

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S&S Precison Stalker MPTV (Multi-Purpose Tactical Vehicle) Powered Parafoil Combat Assault Vehicle Aircraft/Ground Vehicle for Military Special Operations Forces (SOF): Up to 156 MPH on Land, and 61 Knots in the Air! (Photos!)

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China’s Lijian (also written “Li Jian”, meaning “Dark Sword or “Sharp Sword”) Stealth Drone/UAS/UAV Test Flight-Ready: Chinese Response to Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS and Dassault nEUROn UCAS/UCAV Makes its Public Debut

by David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Want China Times May 10, 2013 Well, we knew this was coming, at some point. Looks like the Chinese military's (PLA) got themselves a copy of the Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS and Dassault nEUROn UCAS/UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air System/Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) thanks to the Hongdu Aviation Industry Group (HAIG) …

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Paradigm SRP Talon Gyro-Stabilized Marksman Platform/Universal Weapons Mount (GSMP/UWM): Gun Mount for Sniping while Moving…Fast (Video!)

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Datron Scout Air Reconnaissance System (ARS) Backpackable/Manpackable Lightweight Quad-Rotor VTOL Micro Air Vehicle (MAV)/SUAS/UAV for Tactical Surveillance Missions (Video!)

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