New radar and missile tech have 'flattened the earth,' making even low-flying jets easy targets, Royal Air Force officer warns

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Technology
a grey fighter jet leaning to one side against a grey sky
Jets like Lockheed Martin's F-35 have advanced sensors, the kind that are making it harder for adversaries to go undetected.

DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP

Fifth-gen fighters like the F-35 are now the bare minimum needed to get the edge in a modern air war, Royal Air Force officer says

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
Three grey fighter jets in a grey sky, with the one on top turning on its side
The F-35 is advanced, popular, and capable, but allies are also investing in sixth-generation jets for the needs of future wars.

DIRK WAEM / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP

See inside the Airbus A400M Atlas military plane made famous by Tom Cruise that can carry helicopters and land on beaches

Tech Insider
A collage of British forces conducting an airdrop over Gaza from an Airbus A400M, and an A400M landing on Pembrey Sands beach in Wales.
The Airbus A400M can airdrop payloads and land on beaches.

AS1 Niran Lewis/Courtesy of UK Ministry of Defence; Cpl Aaron J Stone/Courtesy of UK Ministry of Defence

The pilot seat could have caused a Boeing 787 to suddenly drop midair. It wouldn't be the first time a similarly bizarre event happened to a widebody aircraft.

Tech Insider : Travel
Inside a Boeing 787 cockpit.
A Latam Airlines Boeing 787 drop may have been caused by a pilot seat, which would be reminiscent of when a military Airbus A330 nose-dived because of a moving cockpit chair in 2014.

Boston Globe via Getty Images

A jet on the bottom of the Mediterranean shows why even small parts can cause big problems for the F-35

Tech Insider
British F-35B
A Royal Air Force F-35B, its red intake blanks visible, at Amari Air Base in Estonia in March 2022.

Royal Air Force/Cpl Egan

Subscribe to royal-air-force