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RAF’s new £2bn fighter jet will have its own ‘virtual on-board assistant’

October 16, 2020 by Read Sector

The virtual top guns: New fighter jets will be flown by on-board computer if RAF pilot gets stressed The new BAE Tempest can be flown by a pilot or by a computer ‘co-pilot’ The high-tech jet is due to be in service by 2035 following a £2bn investment According to BAE, the operator could become … Read more

Inside the RAF’s most mocked fighter aircraft

May 26, 2020 by

How ‘ridiculed’ WWII RAF fighter plane the Defiant was far deadlier than it was ever given credit for, says historian in new book The Boulton Paul Defiant was a fighter aircraft carrying a pilot and a rear gunner The Air Ministry commissioned the aircraft in the late 1930s to target bombers In one day, 264 … Read more