A-BPSK aviation binary phase shift keying—a form of phase-shift keyed modulation with shaped filters especially adapted to perform in an RF environment subject to fading A-QPSK aeronautical quadrature ...

The Dassault Aviation Rafale is the newest combat aircraft serving France’s Air Force and Navy. Over the past few years, the twin-engine fighter has replaced the Armée de l’Air’s older Jaguar ...

We have all seen the dramatic air combat sequence in movies—with a target sight, virtual guides help the pilot aim his weapon and lock on before firing. Those on-screen guides appear in the ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II’s calling card is being a mobile sensor package that can the effectiveness of an entire fleet — an entire military front — by sharing data and coordinating ...

One of the F-35 Lightning II’s most impressive and controversial components is the $400,000 helmet produced by a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems of America. Plagued by issues ...

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is a complex design and massive engineering task that few people can truly appreciate. Not only is it an advanced composite structure aircraft with a loaded take-off weight of ...

For all the advances aviation has made over the past century, one challenge has never gone away: weather. Storms, turbulence, icing, wind shear, and rapidly changing conditions continue to shape every ...

Moving beyond current jetliners in the integration and openness of its architecture, Boeing sees the 787 Dreamliner’s avionics suite as a major contributor to the economies it promises with the new ...

Part Two in a series looking at the status of Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS), which provide greater situation awareness and improved visual clarity for enhanced navigational safety and ...

Startup weapons developer Mach Industries on June 16 announced it won a contract award to serve as aircraft integrator for a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) program focused on developing ...

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Rick Adams, a leading aerospace expert specializing in the areas of training, simulation, artificial intelligence, and safety. A Fellow of the Royal ...

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on July 1 said it invited 19 companies to compete in the final stage of its second challenge round in August with a chance to win production orders worth a ...