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The Van Horn Way

The Van Horn Way
In aeronautical engineering, success can often be based on failure — that ability to learn from one’s mistakes and move forward in a new direction. Non-linear thinking is often part of this and can solve big problems, but in the bureaucracy of many large corporations, that way of doing things can take an exponential amount of time and leave the journey from concept to testable product mired in red tape and conflicting opinions.
 
CH-47s delivered to Army Guard Flight Facility in Rochester

• CH-47s delivered to Army Guard Flight Facility in Rochester
(4/22/2013)
— Five CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopters will be delivered to the New York Army National Guard Aviation Suppo....>>
 
Adrenaline high

• Adrenaline high
(4/26/2013)
— Sukhoi, MiG-29, L-39 Albatros or bombers from the Cold War - there are plenty of fighter planes to fly if you ....>>
 
F-101 Voodoo jets retired from public display

• F-101 Voodoo jets retired from public display
(4/25/2013)
— Even after two F-101 Voodoo jets are removed from their display perches at the city marina and Gulf Coast Stat....>>
 
 
Korean Crisis Reaching Face-To-Face Stage – Analysis • Korean Crisis Reaching Face-To-Face Stage – Analysis
(4/23/2013)
— North Korea’s deployment of two additional short-range scud ballistic missile launchers in its eastern coast has strengthened speculations in the Sout....>> 		 
• Tejas grounds Medium Combat Aircraft project
(4/22/2013)
Troubles in India’s ambitious Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project has inflicted gaping wounds where it would hurt the Indian Air Force (IAF) the most—the future plans for an Advanc...>>

• U.S. Navy shapes UCLASS acquisition strategy
(4/17/2013)
Upcoming shore-based and carrier tests will help the Navy determine its acquisition strategy for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System (UCLASS), a l...>>

• BAE's superdrone Taranis to be tested at Woomera
(4/14/2013)
The most secretive piece of airspace in Australia - the RAAF-run Woomera flight test range in South Australia - will make history later this year when the world's first unmanned su...>>

• Bell unveils V-280 Valor
(4/10/2013)
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, revealed today the Bell V-280 Valor, its offering for the Joint Multi Role/Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Technology Demonstrator (JMR/TD), at ...>>

• This is the concept fighter Boeing wants to make real by 2030
(4/9/2013)
The F-22 Raptor is what's called a fifth-generation fighter, making it the most advanced combat aircraft as of, well, right now. But around here, we don't care about right now, we'...>>

• First B-2 surpasses 7,000 flight hours
(4/6/2013)
Since the first B-2 Spirit arrived here in July 1996, its stealthiness and massive firepower have been used in missions around the world....>>

• Government, Dassault at loggerheads over HAL role in combat Aircraft deal
(4/5/2013)
The Indian government’s biggest defence acquisition of 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) from French defence major Dassault Aviation could be delayed as the both partie...>>

• China Claims Innovation in J-20 Weapons Bay Design
(4/5/2013)
China’s under-development ChengduJ-20 combat aircraft recently demonstrated its missile-launch mechanism, which the Chinese media tout as a simple but “more efficient” design than ...>>

• USAF F-22 resumes normal flight operations
(4/4/2013)
The F-22 Raptor has resumed normal flight operations after modifications to aircrew life-support equipment were completed across the fleet, including the upper pressure garment and...>>

• South Korea Plans Phased-Development, Typhoon-Size Fighter
(4/1/2013)
In all of the West, only one all-new fighter, the Lockheed Martin F-35, is in full-scale development. If it outlasts its predecessors, as new products usually do, it could find its...>>

 

L. M. PAC-3 Missile Intercepts and Destroys Tactical Ballistic Missile in New Test

L. M. PAC-3 Missile Intercepts and Destroys Tactical Ballistic Missile in New Test
Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) in a Lower Tier Project Office flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
 
Iranian F-5F Crashes in West Iran, 2 Pilots Killed

• Iranian F-5F Crashes in West Iran, 2 Pilots Killed
(4/22/2013)
— Iranian US-made fighter jet F-5F has crashed in western Iran, killing two pilots, Mehr news agency reported on....>>
 
Taiwan Shows Force in Live-fire Drill

• Taiwan Shows Force in Live-fire Drill
(4/22/2013)
— Taiwan staged its biggest live-fire drill since 2008 Wednesday in an operation involving more than 7000 troops....>>
 
Taliban seize Turks and Russians from downed helicopter

• Taliban seize Turks and Russians from downed helicopter
(4/23/2013)
— The Taliban said they had captured foreigners from a helicopter forced to make an emergency landing in Afghani....>>
 
 
Necessary Spending • Necessary Spending
(4/23/2013)
— Congress should repeal the sequester cuts to defense. The Pentagon should reduce waste in its budget.

This year’s defense budget is coming in....>> 		 



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