Experimental

If you’ve seen the Iron-Man movie you’ll certainly remember the “Jericho” missile. The Multiple Kill Vehicle or MKV is a Inter-continental Balistic Missile (ICBM) counter measure. Bundles of MKV-L are attached to a larger rocket as a payload. The missile can be deployed from land or by sea at a fleet of incoming enemy missiles.... 

A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time. U-M recently got a grant of $10 Million from Army to develop sensors, communication tools and batteries for this micro-aerial vehicle that’s been dubbed “the bat.”... 

The Republic Aviation Corporation’s F-84 ThunderJet was one of the first air superiority fighters, powered by a jet engine, in the United States Air Force (AF) arsenal. It was also one of the most intriguing experimental platforms ever designed. Between 1952 and the fall of ’57, no less than two hundred tests of various systems involving... 

Project Tom-Tom was originated by the United States Air Force’s Strategic Air Command as a way to provide its long range heavy bomber fleets with a fighter umbrella by towing them on semi-fixed wing links. The concept of the MX-1018, the programs official call-sign, was devised from the FICO (Fighter Conveyor) system. A program initiated by the... 

“Nobody said it will be easy, but I think that this (bombing) campaign can shorten the ground war to a minimum. In fact, there’s a good enough chance that Britain’s public would rise and force its government to the negotiating table”, said a boastful Paul Behncke, Deputy Chief (Konteradmiral) of the German Imperial Navy Staff... 

Just days after the American and British forces broke through the German defenses at Normandy, foreshadowing the end of Nazi rule over the European Continent, much of that country’s top technical personnel began to filter out in hopes of escaping the ever closing circle. Most were captured by the Western Allies (United States and Great Britain);... 

As with Argentina, several other South American nations ushered in the aviation age riding the back of the venerable Bleriot Type XI monoplane. Of all the nations that compose the Latin part of the Western Hemisphire, no one has the sheer mass, vast natural resources and commercial capabilities than Brazil. By far, the largest nation in Latin America... 

Without a doubt, the Bleriot XI monoplane was one of the most revolutionizing aircraft of the Twentieth Century. Designed and built by the famous French pioneer, Louis Bleriot, it became a staple in the early days of aviation when, with his inventor at the controls, it managed to cross the English Channel on the morning of July 25th 1909. The amazing... 

The once mighty British Royal Air Force Base at Warton, home to major elements of the British Royal Air Force during World War II, is now a development and testing facility for the BAE System Corporation, the last of Great Britain’s biggest aircraft design and developmental companies. Warton’s runways had been proving ground for some of... 

The B-70 Valkyrie supersonic heavy bomber was one of the most elegant planes that ever took to the skies. It was not only a remarkable looking aircraft but also the most advanced flying platform of its time. Its elegant design and airborne avionic systems were decades ahead of its peers. Just the sight of a Valkyrie flying sent chills down the collective...