US Air Force personnel from the 628th and 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons have teamed up with medical researchers from universities in Indiana and Nebraska to conduct Transportation Isolation System (TIS) training. TIS was developed in the aftermath of the 2014 Ebola outbreak as an enclosure able to safety transport patients with ...
The UK’s new F-35 multi role combat jets have used their vertical landing capability to land on new Vertical Landing Pads (VLPs), at RAF Marham for the first time. To support the aircraft’s short take off vertical landing (STOVL) capability, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation is building three VLPs through its contractors, a joint ...
Saab has been chosen by BAE Systems for the development of a new pyrotechnic smart self-protection system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to defeat radar- and IR-guided threats. The order is part of a framework agreement with BAE Systems consisting of development, production, support and future sales of the Smart Dispenser ...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has celebrated a successful performance testing of the arresting hook ‘Hold Down Damper’ for its MQ-25 Stingray prototype. The prototype is one of several pitched as part of a US Navy competition calling for an unmanned aircraft capable of aerial refuelling. In addition to General Atomics, Boeing ...