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Marine aviators use online gaming concept to enhance training

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Before the dawn of online gaming, video games and computer games primarily featured two to four players sitting in the same room looking at the same screen while using a controller or keyboard to play a game where they either raced or battled with or against each other. Games such as Mario Kart, Goldeneye and Super Smash Brothers provided hours of entertainment and camaraderie for gamers as they competed with and against their friends and family. When online gaming came into prominence in the early 2000s, it allowed gamers to play with friends, and mostly complete strangers, from anywhere across the globe. Today, the multi-billion dollar industry connects more than 2 billion gamers across a broad spectrum of different types of games such as strategy, first person shooter, and role playing games. U.S. Marine Corps pilots stationed in Cherry Point, North Carolina have taken a piece of the concept of online gaming and used it to enhance their training.

US Air Force works on a more integrated and lethal force through Advanced Battle Management System development

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Warfighters at Nellis Air Force Base are helping the US Air Force build a more integrated and lethal force through Advanced Battle Management System development, the Air Force’s network solution to enable rapid decision-making that powers Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or JADC2.

Modernization of KC-135 Stratotanker

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The KC-135 Stratotanker, the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet for nearly 65 years, recently gained new capabilities that will enable it to continue to carry out its mission of Global Reach and Global Power for years to come.

Rostec tests demonstrator engine for spaceplanes

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The United Engine Corporation of Rostec has completed the first stage of testing a demonstrator model of a pulse detonation engine, which in the future can be used in advanced rocket and space systems, hypersonic aircraft and orbital spaceplanes. In some operating modes, the power plant demonstrated up to 50% increase in specific thrust when compared to conventional engines.

Russia designs Liana space intelligence and guidance system

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Military space technologies rose to a new level in the past decades. A group of satellites can monitor and coordinate joint operation of combat units. Sophisticated ground, airborne and space systems are designed to intercept and disable spacecraft. Specific attention is paid to guidance, the Independent Military Review writes.

USA: 53rd Wing brings cruise missile tests to climatic lab

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The 53rd Wing brought its test and evaluation mission to the McKinley Climatic Lab in March to test an air-launched cruise missile.

First semi-autonomous Quad-legged UGVs arrive at Tyndall Air Force Base

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The first official semi-autonomous robot dogs were delivered to Tyndall Air Force Base March 22 for integration into the 325th Security Forces Squadron.

Technodinamika reveals aircraft simulator plans - part 2

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Simulators play a major role in the training of military pilots. The trainers improve and become more realistic each year. Technodinamika CEO Igor Nasenkov told TASS which simulators would be supplied shortly, which ones are being designed and which advanced aircraft simulators are available on a dynamic platform.

Technodinamika reveals aircraft simulator plans - part 1

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Simulators play a major role in the training of military pilots. The trainers improve and become more realistic each year. Technodinamika CEO Igor Nasenkov told TASS which simulators would be supplied shortly, which ones are being designed and which advanced aircraft simulators are available on a dynamic platform.

US Air Force Research Laboratory breaks ground on state of the art space environment lab

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The US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate broke ground on a new facility named the Skywave Technology Laboratory March 16. The 3,500 square foot, $3.5 million lab will be located in a remote area on Kirtland Air Force Base.

Russian Pantsyr air defense system proves effective against drones

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Moscow has received a large amount of requests for the delivery of Pantsyr surface-to-air missile/gun systems and S-400 anti-aircraft missile complexes, according to the director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation.

USA: Squadron Innovation solves decade-long issue for the F-15E

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The aircraft Modification Support Team lead, Mr. Carlos Oregon, in the Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force designed and built a tester to safeguard the AN/ASQ-236 “Dragon’s Eye” Radar Pod, a limited and precious asset in the F-15E Strike Eagle community.

US Air Force Research Laboratory launches collaborative biosensor effort to detect pilot stress and fatigue biomarkers

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The Air Force Research Laboratory recently kicked off a $2 million partnership with Case Western Reserve University. The joint project will accelerate biosensor development, with an emphasis on the detection of biomarkers for stress and fatigue.

Okhotnik drones to operate in Su-57 regiments

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Multirole fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jets will operate together with heavy Okhotnik reconnaissance-combat drones. They are to be united into combined regiments to increase the capabilities of the Aerospace Forces. Drones and fighter jets will destroy important targets in hostile rear and remain unnoticed. The current technical development level can cope with the task, the Izvestia daily writes.

Analysis: Russian MoD employs Pantsir-S SPAAGMS against UAVs

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The Russian military intensifies using its Pantsir-S (NATO reporting name: SA-22 Greyhound) self-propelled anti-aircraft guided missile systems (SPAAGMs) against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to the country’s Ministry of Defense (MoD).

Rostec mounts 3D print for air engines

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The additive technologies center of Rostec launched 24 new instruments to 3D print aircraft engine components.

Russia continues designing PAK DA engine - part 2

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Major Defense Ministry orders issued to UEC-Kuznetsov enterprise in Samara helped it resume batch production of engines for the long-range aviation suspended 27 years ago and begin creating completely new power plants for next-generation aircraft, the Zvezda weekly writes.

Russia continues designing PAK DA engine - part1

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Major Defense Ministry orders issued to UEC-Kuznetsov enterprise in Samara helped it resume batch production of engines for the long-range aviation suspended 27 years ago and begin creating completely new power plants for next-generation aircraft, the Zvezda weekly writes.

Analysis: Review Turkish defense industry aviation and aerospace Aircraft - Helicopters - UAVs

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The Turkish defense aviation and aerospace industry offer high-technology and cost-efficient solutions in compliance with NATO standards to armies in the world, notably the Turkish Air Force, in need of various types of air platforms. The Turkish aerospace industry, which aims to prove the peak of its capabilities with the TF-X multi-role aircraft, has a vast product portfolio including fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft.

Analysis: Russia plans to adjust drone development according to Syrian war experiences

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The Russian Defense Ministry plans to adjust drone development plans according to the Syrian experience and the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. The target figures for various drones can be reviewed. Design priorities may also change. The Izvestia daily writes which programs are likely to be developed or closed.

Futuristic radar for the UK future combat aircraft will capture the equivalent of a ‘city’s worth of data’ in a second

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British engineers have today revealed some of the latest concepts under development for the Royal Air Force’s next-generation combat air system. The pioneering technology is being delivered by Team Tempest, a UK technology and defence partnership formed by BAE Systems, Leonardo, MBDA, Rolls-Royce and the RAF, and involving hundreds of high-tech companies, SMEs and academia across the UK.

Analysis: Su-30SM2 fighter to begin trials in late 2020

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Upgraded multirole Su-30SM2 fighter jet will take off by the end of 2020. It is powered by AL-41F-1S engine. The avionics, optics, radar and monitoring systems have been upgraded. The already available aircraft are to be upgraded to S-30SM2 level. The basic Su-30SM is the main aircraft operated by Russia and its CSTO allies, the Izvestia daily writes.

Analysis: Russia launches batch production of Mi-35P helicopter

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Rostvertol plant of Russian Helicopters Holding launched batch production of Mi-35P combat transport helicopter. It is the latest Mi-24 modification which inherited all advantages and got rid of drawbacks and acquired new capabilities, Rostec said.

Analysis: Russian Su-57 fighter jets to get protective covers in 2021

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Special polymeric covers will hide the main units of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jets at airfields from adversary optical-electronic systems and radars. They will also protect the body and sophisticated equipment in bad weather. Experts believe the knowhow will help Russian aircraft units rapidly redeploy the forces to any region of the world, the Izvestia daily writes.

Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 bomber aircraft perform flights at high temperatures in Siberia

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According to news published by the Russian Press Agency TASS on August 11, 2020, Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 (NATO reporting name: Backfire) bombers aircraft of the long-range aviation regiment based in the Irkutsk Region in East Siberia have performed planned flights at high temperatures, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said.

Analysis: Russia develops several project of solar drones - take 2

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High-altitude drones powered by solar energy offer a prospective guideline in unmanned aviation. Such projects exist in technologically developed countries, including Russia, the Army Standard writes.

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