Military pilots train constantly to fly fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft in all conditions and perform multiple roles while doing so. As the technology continues to advance, more avionics and displays are plugged into a cockpit to help pilots have complete...
To maintain dominance in the world of air superiority, the F-16 Fighting Falcon was designed in the mid-1970s to win the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Fighter Competition. It did in fact win and In 1974 the Falcon was launched into service with the USAF. Over the next 40...
Close to the end of a day, a shipping manager at an aerospace and defense company sits at his desk entering customer asset data into an internal data management system. He hears a horn blow and looks up to a monitor above him to see a shipping truck backing up to the...
Electrostatic discharge, or ESD, is a flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects when they make contact. If you’ve been shocked by someone after walking across a carpeted floor, you have experienced ESD. If you’ve been shocked when you touched your...
What are foreign object debris (FOD) and foreign object damage (also known as FOD)? If you are driving down a highway and pass by a large tread that has come loose from a semi truck’s tire, you’ve seen foreign object debris. If you were unfortunate enough to run over...
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