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This F-35A Lightning fighter jet is basically a flying supercomputer

This video breaks down the F-35A Lightning, one of the most advanced fighter jets ever built. Designed with stealth ...
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MIT builds a tool that predicts lightning on aircraft

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a groundbreaking simulation tool that can predict lightning strikes on modern aircraft and wind turbines. This innovative ...
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MIT creates physics-based tool to predict lightning on future aircraft

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...
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First US advanced fighters arrive for permanent duty at air base in Japan

Stealth fighters arrived at Misawa Air Base, the first replacements the Air Force pledged for the F-16 Fighting Falcons stationed there.

38 Fighter Jets: Why the Pentagon's F-35 Request Says More Than the Number Suggests

There is something quietly revealing about a number like 38. On paper, the Pentagon’s request for 38 Lockheed Martin F-35 ...
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UK receives final contracted F-35

The UK has received the last of 48 contracted Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning combat aircraft, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) ...
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Groundbreaking aircraft lightning strike simulation project heralds easy protection design for modern composit

Aurora, IL, November 6, 2009 — Lightning strike tests of a helicopter at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility have verified the accuracy of finite element analysis techniques for characterizing the ...
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F-35 Fighters Escorted RAF Spitfires on Battle of Britain Commemoration Tour

The scene of World War II propeller aircraft flying next to modern fighter jets shows how far military aviation has ...