Snapshot A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of 12,500 lb (5,670 kg) or less. The many uses of light aircraft include aerial surveying, such as monitoring pipelines. They are also used for light cargo operations, such as "feeding" cargo hubs, as well as some passe [...]

Snapshot The Tactical Communication and Protective System (TCAPS) provides concurrent hearing protection and auditory situational awareness. Historically, Soldiers have had to choose between hearing protection and force protection. TCAPS maintains hearing protection while enabling Soldiers to use ex [...]

Snapshot Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped or detonated from any weapon. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapons that create the effect on a target (e.g., bullets and warheads). Nearly all mechani [...]

Snapshot Commercial Aircraft Batteries are used to start engines while initiating taxiing and auxiliary power units (APUs) for a variety of functions, such as acting as a buffer in regulating DC network voltage, and ensuring acceptable power quality for the equipment connected to it. In case of in-f [...]

Snapshot Military Aerospace Engine refers to the engine used in military aerospace. Military aircraft are heavy-duty machines ﾖ built for extreme stresses and breathtaking maneuvers. Accordingly, the requirements imposed on engines are very stringent. The global Military Aerospace Engine market si [...]

Snapshot Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is an aircraft system without a human pilot aboard, commonly known as a drone and also referred by several other names. Unmanned Aircraft Systems can be remote controlled aircraft or fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynami [...]

Snapshot Traditional military virtual training is mainly flight simulators with training missions including how to fly in battle, how to recover in an emergency, how to coordinate air support with ground operations, etc. Nowadays the virtual reality technology is gradually used in the military virtu [...]

Snapshot A flight management system (FMS) is a fundamental component of a modern airliner's avionics. An FMS is a specialized computer system that automates a wide variety of in-flight tasks, reducing the workload on the flight crew to the point that modern civilian aircraft no longer carry flight e [...]

Snapshot An AHMS consists of sensors and data processing hardware and software distributed between the vehicle and its support system. As illustrated in the figure below, the system requires sensors to be positioned on the critical components of the aircraft and relevant sub-systems (aero propulsion [...]

Oxygen systems are designed to store or to generate a supply of pure oxygen and to regulate, dilute as required and then distribute that oxygen to crew or passengers. Oxygen systems are installed in many military aircraft and in most commercial and business aircraft types. Depending upon the type a [...]