he U.S. Navy recently conducted successful flight tests of a UAV carrying an aerial laser system designed to map the ocean floor in shallow water areas. While details are scarce, we know that the tests used a Light Detection […]
Cygnus and its load of 8,200 pounds (3,700 kg) of equipment and supplies will be robotically captured and berthed at the space station after blasting off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, […]
Starship and Super Heavy “represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond,” per SpaceX’s Elon Musk and their website. The company also says […]
Hermeus, a Georgia-based aerospace startup, wanted to develop a groundbreaking Mach 5 commercial aircraft, and they already scored partnerships with none other than NASA and the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The USAF has signed a […]
The US Navy (USN), in association with Northrop Grumman, conducted the first live fire test of a Stealth AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) over the sea test range at Naval Air […]
U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighters have begun operating as red air aggressors during high-end training. The fifth-generation jets are currently making their debut in the latest edition of the Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as […]
The latest failure of iSpace rocket Hyperbola, a Chinese commercial rocket, may point to growing pains as the country opens its space sector to more private participation, according to a news report.
Four A-10s, Thunderbolt IIs, from the 354th Fighter Squadron and the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing landed on a state highway as part of Northern Strike 21, a large-scale training exercise, in Alpena, Michigan, […]
Stealth aircraft have always had challenges related to maintainability due to the need for specialized personnel, equipment, materials, and facilities. That’s not the case with the B-21 Raider, and in this Q&A with Steve Sullivan, […]
NOAA: After a record start to Atlantic hurricane season in May and June, tropical storminess shut down in mid-July. But signs point to a dramatic ramp-up in activity in the next two weeks, with a […]
This original 1943 Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 “Zero” has been sold by Platinum Fighter Sales
The U.S. Air Force has redesignated its NF-16D Falcon Variable-stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, as the X-62A. This new X-plane nomenclature, something typically applied to purely experimental aircraft and other aerospace vehicles, is meant to better reflect this […]
Ian Simpson called RAF Lakenheath after seeing flames and sparks come out of Maj Grant Thompson’s F-15E Strike Eagle on take-off. Photographer Mr Simpson regularly watches jets take off from the United States Air Force […]
P-8 Poseidon: Big, turbulent shifts are underway in the U.S. military as those in charge try to rebalance future capability wants against accessible combat capacity today. For instance, a reduction and reshuffling of types are planned across […]
Russia and their Ministry of Defense released new video of the country’s Zircon hypersonic weapon system. The missile is designed to attack ships and land targets, flying at speeds of nearly Mach 7. Zircon’s speed, […]
The Federal Aviation Administration warned Elon Musk and SpaceX in a letter two months ago that the company’s work on a launch tower for future Starship rocket launches is yet unapproved, and will be included in the […]
Crew survived for hours. Remarkable new information has emerged on the fate of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher, also known by its hull number SSN-593, the lead submarine of its class, which was lost […]
The U.S. Navy’s exotic M80 Stiletto experimental testbed ship has successfully completed a six-week demonstration of an automated 360-degree detect-and-defeat anti-drone system. The demonstration saw the M80 go up against “drone swarms” and what has […]
Detwiler’s, Palmetto. OK, the lead-in. Where do I start? I guess I should preface all of this by saying this is NOT an advertisement for anyone. I started this newspaper as an information outlet with […]
Autonomous SpaceX droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas
X-59 QueSST: In partnership with NASA, the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® team is solving one of the most persistent challenges of supersonic flight – the sonic boom. X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) will be used to […]
Cherter Members Thank you for your Contributions! Renee Clark Angella Martinez John & Leah Foley Ian Murphy (Captain Zap) Cameron Mandel David Stewart Daniella Morales Return to The Florida Pilot
A Little Preface to Florida’s Newest News Source The Florida Pilot: I guess it’s fitting to announce this on this Independence Day weekend, on the eve of the land fall of a named storm, Elsa. […]
In the next month, or so, our investigative reporters will be bringing you a little more information about this Radar Cross Section (RCS) site that’s closer to Disney than Tampa.
From the First Walk on the Moon to the Auction Block In a little over a month, humanity will mark the 52nd anniversary of man’s, Neil Armstrong’s, first steps on the moon. On Jul. 20, 1969, […]
We visited NOAA Air Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida to discuss the impending Atlantic Hurricane season. 2021 Hurricane Season. On May 1, 2017 the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) moved its Aircraft […]
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