Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider is the U.S. Air Force’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, intended to replace the B-2 Spirit ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intelligent power management company Eaton was awarded a $3.5M Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) contract to design a new podded refueling boom, enabling traditional and ...

The new B-21 stealth bomber will achieve its long range through a massive internal fuel capacity. The upcoming Northrup Grumman B-21 Raider is expected to have a remarkably long unfueled range. The ...

Remaining stable enough to allow for the fuel transfer between two aircraft at high speeds in midair can require pinpoint flying, though the process is eased through constant communication. Aerial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 12—Four additional KC-135 Stratotankers, the lynchpins of the U.S. military's aerial refueling operations, have been assigned ...

Lockheed Martin's famous-but-secret Skunk Works has released a sort-of-new image of a concept for the company's Next Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) military tanker aircraft for in-flight ...

Western airpower debates are increasingly driven by grim math. Analysts tally missile inventories, strike ranges, and ...

Autonomous aerial refuelling control systems enable unmanned and optionally manned aircraft to perform precise rendezvous and docking manoeuvres with tanker platforms without direct human intervention ...

The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray just took flight. See how this carrier-based refueling drone is set to extend the reach of ...

Autonomous aerial refuelling systems using vision-based techniques combine advanced computer vision, machine learning and control systems to enable unmanned and crewed aircraft to maintain continuous ...