15, argues that the Air Force should do away with the cargo role for the future tanker, dropping the "C" off of the planned KC-Z so the aircraft can reduce its size, be more efficient, and offload fuel at range. The study's authors, Hudson experts Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton...
USAF aerial porters testing a new exoskeleton from ASU. (USAF) The world of exoskeletons keeps improving by leaps and bounds. Now, the aerial porters at Travis Air Force Base, the men, and women who load pallets and then load the pallets on Air Force cargo aircraft, will get a big ...
The B-21 Raider is among the blended-in wing planes bought by the USAF.US Air Force via AP While a blended-wing passenger plane is a relatively new concept, the aircraft type has been flying for the US military for decades. Northrop Grumman's latest version is the long-range B-21 Raid...
For the record, USAF actually looked at using the A380 to replace the B742s that the AF1/AF2 fleet currently are. In fact, the USAF even went as far as to select the B748 to replace it; however, that entire project was cancelled, so right now, there is no replacement for AF1/AF...
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Although engineers have been dreaming about fully reusable "spaceplanes" capable of carrying men and cargo into space as cheaply, conveniently and safely as ordinary subsonic aircraft since the late 19th century, the first realistic proposals only emerged after the first suborbital rocketplanes and ICB...
AirLaunch LLC is developing small launch vehicle called QuickReach that is carried by and launched from an existing military cargo aircraft for the DARPA and USAF Falcon program. One purpose of the QuickReach development program was to d... M Sarigul-Klijn,N Sarigul-Klijn,GC Hudson,... 被...
For the record, USAF actually looked at using the A380 to replace the B742s that the AF1/AF2 fleet currently are. In fact, the USAF even went as far as to select the B748 to replace it; however, that entire project was cancelled, so right now, there is no replacement for AF1/AF...