Neuro-Avionics: Firefox Still Decades Away?

I remember sitting in my living room with my dad when I was a kid, watching Clint Eastwood in “Firefox.” The jet was just…cool: twin vertical stabs, two big motors, a ton of wing, canards, and more. It was just a big, menacing beast of an airplane. Arguably the most “futuristic” quality of the fictional […]

Navy, Marine Corps to get new AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters

Military helicopter designers at Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, are preparing to build 24 new-build AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and associated avionics for the U.S. Marine Corps under terms of a $55.9 million U.S. Navy contract announced Tuesday. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command are asking Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, to buy long-lead […]