Amazing Photo Shows American F-35s Meet French Rafales Mid-Air, Not a Rendering 24 May 2021, 9:42 UTC ·
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A quick, superficial look at the photo we have here, and one might be duped into believing this is either a rendering of some kind or some still taken from an upcoming video game or something. Only it’s neither, but a real photo, taken in our real world, showing real fighter jets. 1 photo
What you’re looking at are four airplanes, two American and two French, conducting a joint exercise over France. The American planes are F-35A Lightning IIs from the Hill Air Force Base in Utah, while the French ones are Dassault Rafales deployed with the Saint-Dizier-Robinson Air Base.
Col. Eric Felt, the director of AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate, hosted the event with AFRL commander, Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle as the presiding officer and keynote speaker.
The SWORD Lab is a 26,000 square foot, $12.8 million state-of-the-art facility, with office and laboratory space that will house the 65 scientists, engineers and support staff of the directorate’s Space Control Branch to better integrate R&D programs focused on improving space warfighting capabilities.
“One of the reasons we stood up the U.S. Space Force was to ensure our nation has the capabilities to deter any threats in space,” said Felt. “Our job in the SWORD lab will be to continue to develop resilient and innovative technologies that will protect our nation and allies from threats by our adversaries. Recognizing that space is an emerging domain for warfighting, we want to make sure there is never a war in space.”
MUSCAT: The Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) provided a number of its divisions with young Omanis.Among these, the Sultan Qaboos Naval Academy today employed Omani youths, who joined the Academy to receive training and join the ranks of defence of their country.The step comes as part of plans and programmes to accommodate job-seekers.The Academy finalised the.
autoevolution 23 May 2021, 8:19 UTC ·
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For years now the U.S. military has been looking for the next-generation fighter aircraft, the one that will keep America at the top of the list for aerial supremacy. Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) is how the program meant to come up with the next fighter is called, and we already got a preview of how the thing could look in the United States Air Force’s acquisition report released back in April. 1 photo
The NGAD is still some years away, but development is advancing rapidly on several fronts. When it comes to the engine that will power the thing, America could go for something called XA100 and presently being developed by General Electric (GE).