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Electric steering screws for the Bell 429 helicopter. Is the EDAT system a breakthrough in aviation?
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On May 23, 2019, at Bell’s plant in Mirabel (Quebec, Canada), the Bell 429 EDAT (Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque) experimental helicopter made its maiden ...

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When Survival Meant Cutting a Helicopter in Half: The Story of the U.S. Navy’s Innovative Emergency System
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Helicopters are an incredibly versatile aviation platform, but they are also among the most dangerous aircraft in terms of accident rates. This was especially ...

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Cessna Citation: The Most Popular Business Jet in Aviation History
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When people talk about business aviation, what often comes to mind are expensive, complex, and temperamental jets reserved for the elite. But it was the Cessna ...

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How Helicopters Are NOT Shot Down Over Venezuela
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Today’s 30-minute U.S.-Venezuelan skirmish raised a lot of questions—in particular, “How is it that American helicopters can just fly over Caracas like ...

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The Last “Cobra”: How the AH-1Z Viper Became the U.S. Marine Corps’ Deadliest Helicopter
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The AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter is the culmination of nearly half a century of evolution for the AH-1 Cobra family. Although it retains its recognizable ...

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The KJ-3000—the invisible battle conductor. How China’s newest AEW&C aircraft directs battles from the air
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It’s amazing, but way back in 2013, our website already featured a story about an aircraft with that name. Admittedly, it was purely a conceptual military ...

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VR-5 and VR-6: A Forgotten Soviet Attempt to Build a Tiltrotor Aircraft
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The history of Soviet aviation has seen many bold and even ahead-of-their-time projects. One such area was experimentation with hybrid aircraft capable of ...

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The French THUNDART rocket is being presented as a long-range alternative to HIMARS
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France has officially unveiled its new THUNDART tactical missile, which is being positioned as a next-generation long-range strike weapon capable of competing ...

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MV-75 — the official name of the future U.S. Army tiltrotor aircraft
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The United States Army has officially approved the designation MV-75 for a new tactical tiltrotor aircraft designed for assault and transport missions. This ...

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Chinese auxiliary aircraft carrier
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  While the whole world was eating tangerines, the Chinese navy was ROCKING: Here's the situation: The Chinese auxiliary missile ...

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