aviation week

It's not a flying fish, it's a submarine-launched UAV

Engadget  Wed, 12/28/2011 - 07:25

VTOL may be old news already, but here's another great USP for any UAV: the ability


 

'Miraculous' Aeros airship set to fly by 2013, thanks to DOD fun...

Engadget  Mon, 05/09/2011 - 03:38

Are you nostalgic for a time when the word "zeppelin" stood for leisurely intercontinental travel for the rich and famous, rather than bass-heavy portable sound and


 

Lockheed Martin and Kaman's unmanned helicopter wins military co...

Engadget  Mon, 08/30/2010 - 09:26

Lockheed Martin and Kaman's unmanned helicopter wins contract with Army and Marines When developing an unmanned vehicle there are two paths to choose from: create an entirely fresh design with no room for a carbon-based pilot, or simply take an existing craft and make it self-sufficient.


 

US Army developing body armor to protect against 'X-threats'

Engadget  Mon, 12/07/2009 - 13:49

This one's unsurprisingly been in the works for a little while now, but it looks like the US Army is getting a bit closer to actually deploying a new type of body armor that it hopes will protect soldiers against both known threats and so-called "X-threats." While no one's saying exactly what those threats might be, the key to guarding against them, it seems, is an "advanced generation" of X-Sapi armor pl