A crew of six Airmen at a forward deployed location climbed
aboard a C-130 Hercules together recently for the first time in
their careers. But something distinguished this mission from others
they had flown -- it was the first time an all-female C-130 crew
flew a combat mission.
Seeking Technology Available Soon To Harden Scout And Utility
Birds
The US Army has identified three survivability technologies that
it would like to incorporate in its helicopters. Survivability, in
military-aircraft terms, is the ability of the aircraft to take
hits from enemy weapons systems without any vital damage to the
aircraft and its crew. For most military technologies, like
vehicles, survivability means hardening the item with armor. But
aircraft can only carry so much armor -- which makes this field
ripe, the Pentagon thinks, for technological improvement.
Unmanned Fighters Would Incorporate Advanced Artificial
Intelligence
South Korea's Defense Ministry says it plans to develop a
stealthy UCAV complete with an on-board "brain" by 2020. It's part
of a program to update the South Korean arsenal, where defense
officials plan to add new stealth technology to their air, sea and
land capabilities.
With Hurricane Rita having passed through Texas and Louisiana,
Civil Air Patrol units from the two states are working to provide
aerial damage assessments, transporting officials and supplies, and
conducting search and rescue missions.
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