Tag: stealth

Stealth gas contracts awarded amid high profile crewed Starliner mission

June 7 (UPI) — NASA has awarded key contracts to a half dozen companies that will supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States, the space agency announced Thursday. While not the most high-profile element of the space program, scientists would be unable to […]

For stealth bomber pilots, a new test in agility

When a B-2 Spirit bomber lands at an airfield, it typically needs a crew of several maintainers who spring into action to ready it for takeoff again. But on May 28, two stealth bombers assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, took on a unique mission: fly to Offutt AFB, […]

Land-Based Variant Of China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter Makes Sense

The best evidence has emerged of renewed work on a land-based version of China’s FC-31/J-35 stealth fighter. Progressively clearer photos of one of Shenyang’s prototype fighters seem to reveal key features different from those found on the carrier-based J-35, on which development had been more recently focused. This may well tie in with official Pakistani […]