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Boeing has announced the first successful flight of the upgraded AH-64E Apache version 6.5 helicopter. The machine received updated software and an improved piloting interface. “We are very excited to continue developing V6.5 software as it paves the way for the modernization of Apache,” said Colonel Jay Maher, Apache Project Manager for the U.S. Army. […]
During the “Polar Dagger” exercise, the US Special Operations Forces demonstrated a helicopter equipped with a large number of radars, systems and complexes. These technological innovations are designed to simplify and improve the work of the crew, ensuring greater flight safety. In early September, a photo was published somewhere in the Bering Sea between Alaska […]
Ingenuity – a helicopter on Mars that has reached historic heights The Ingenuity Martian helicopter has made another successful flight on the Red Planet and reached a new record altitude. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported that it happened on September 16 – Ingenuity rose 20 meters and spent 142 seconds in flight. It was his […]
Near Moscow, at the Chkalovsky military airfield, unknown saboteurs blew up two airplanes and a helicopter. This was reported by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. According to intelligence, the explosion took place on September 18. At the heavily guarded airfield, unknown persons planted explosives and blew up AN-148 and IL-20 aircraft (both belonging to the […]
A malfunction of a rescue helicopter caused it to catch fire and crash into a residential building in Florida. The tragedy claimed the lives of two people and injured four others. A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue helicopter was flying to provide medical assistance to a mother and daughter who had been injured in a car […]
After almost three years of training, the Rocket Lab attempted to catch the first stage of a rocket that descends into the air. The plan was to try to intercept it by helicopter after working out and starting to reduce the degree. This will save the rocket for reuse. So far, the company uses disposable […]
Ka-52 helicopters in Russia are called a miracle of the local military industry and a ‘flying tank’, says a serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine Khariton Starsky in his blog on YouTube. However, while inspecting the wreckage of the helicopter, which according to the advertisement “cannot be destroyed”, he found a strange surprise. The […]