Both the Black Hawk and the Seahawk are military helicopters built by Sikorsky, and while their platforms are similar, there are major differences between them.
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The Bombardier Global 7500 is a massive private jet, but it's far from the largest. These private aircraft dwarf it in size and cabin space.
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WWII inspired the creation of a number of inventions to help armies get the upper hand on the enemy. This one did not aid in that cause, but it was wild.
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The ATR 72 turboprop is one of the most prolific passenger and cargo planes ever created and has a long legacy stretching back to the 1980s.
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Boeing may be best known by the general public for passenger jets like the 747, but it also has a long history of developing important military aircraft too.
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The Pave Hawk helicopter -- sibling to the famous Black Hawk -- took its final flight this month before officially entering retirement. Here's what happened.
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Before setting out on open waters, make sure your boat has all of its required certifications and registrations. Only certain ones need an MMSI.
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Boeing has been at the helm for some of the greatest fighter aircraft ever manufactured, but not all of them are winners.
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The U.S. Army is seeking a drone that can operate in the surf and has spent a week studying this particular offering from Ocean Power Technologies.
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Modern warfare continues to lean heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles, with extremely nimble AI-controlled drones becoming increasingly common.
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After being rescued from a Toronto, Canada farmstead, one WWII-era fighter plane is slowly being pieced back together in a driveway in Oxfordshire, England.
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Which WWII warbirds dominated the edge of space? Discover five combat aircraft engineered with extreme service ceilings to rule high-altitude skies.
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Naval warfare has changed a tad since the inception of the United States Navy, leaving a historic trail of combat ships that no longer ride the waves.
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A buoy needs something to keep it steady, or else it would be swept away from the location it was set there to mark. Here's how they stay in place.
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One aircraft model maker spent over $38,000 building a very accurate F-14 Tomcat RC model aircraft and it looks just like the real thing (only smaller).
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Tanks, like most combustion-powered vehicles, rely on transmissions to move under their own power. But do they have manual or automatic transmissions?
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Although the U.S. Navy was hoping to get the USS Connecticut back into service this year, that seems not to be on the table as the timeline gets extended.
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An uncrewed submarine developed by the U.K. test fired a U.S.-made torpedo for the first time, giving this proof-of-concept some real momentum.
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The United States built nearly 300,000 aircraft for the Second World War, and these WWII-era planes required massive amounts of all types of materials.
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Putting logs on tanks may seem like a strange idea, but during WWII, people had reasons to do so while believing there were benefits. But now we know the truth.
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The U.S. Navy has chosen a company to build its newest fighter jets, and while this represents a major milestone, it's unclear when the jets will be ready.
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'Zero Dark Thirty' is about the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. The film's helicopters were so detailed it was hard to tell if they were real.
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Black Hawks are fast, but these military helicopters can fly even faster, from the AH-1Z Viper to the experimental SB>1 Defiant.
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The U.S. Navy has parted ways with another naval craft, and this time it's a decommissioned frigate as part of a live-fire test of new weaponry.
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Very few birds can actually soar at heights above 20,000 feet, with most keeping below 500 feet. This collision occurred all the way up at 37,000 feet.
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Before gyrostabilizer systems were attached to guns, tanks typically had to stop completely in order to fire. This made them sitting ducks on the battlefield.
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The SR-71 Blackbird has not flown for decades, but recent developments suggest that the iconic spy plane may just return to the skies in the future.
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