Systems
and Basic Technology
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Norden
APG-76 MMRS SAR/GMTI multimode attack radar installation and GMTI
imagery of taxiing aircraft at 40 NMI (Northrop-Grumman).
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Air power
is inherently sensitive to the technology base which is employed and
exhibits a remarkably rapid rate of evolution, as systems absorb basic
technology in the marketplace.
This website will post a selection of relevant articles, submissions
and papers.
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Systems and Basic Technology
Articles
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| Australian
Aviation -
December 1980 - Composites |
Australian
Aviation -
March 1981 - The Modern
Fighter Cockpit
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Australian
Aviation - June
1981 - Artificial Stability &
Fly-By-Wire Control
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| Australian
Aviation -
September 1982 - Integrated Flight
and
Fire Control (IFFC Firefly) |
Australian
Aviation -
March 1983 - Stealth Technology
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Australian
Aviation -
March 1984 - Electro-Optical Systems
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Australian
Aviation -
September 1984 - McDonnell Douglas F-15
Eagle - The Ultimate MiG-Killer - F-15C Image Gallery
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| Australian
Aviation -
March 1985 - F-15E - Anatomy of
Strike Fighter |
| Australian
Aviation -
January/March 1986 - Computer
Technology I, II |
Australian
Aviation - May
1986 - Mid Life Refits - The Affordable
Option
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| Australian
Aviation -
November, 1986, March/May, 1987 - The
Long Range Penetrator (Parts I, II, III) |
| Australian
Aviation -
November, 1987 - Tupolev Bear |
| Australian
Aviation -
November 1989/December 1989 - Optical
Warfare - The New Frontier |
| Australian
Aviation -
March 1990 - Northrop B-2A - The 70
Billion Dollar Bomber? |
| Australian
Aviation -
May/June 1990 - Fulcrum
and Flanker |
| Australian
Aviation -
December 1990 - Lockheed
F-117A Stealth Fighter |
Australian
Aviation -
July/August 1994 - Fighter
Upgrades
Parts 1, 2
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| Australian
Aviation - June
1997 - SAR/GMTI -
Revolution in Bombing Technology |
| Australian
Aviation - July
1997 - BAC TSR.2
Profile/Analysis |
| Air Power International -
August 1998 - Helmet Mounted
Sights
and Displays |
| Australian
Aviation -
Series 1999 - Quo Vadis, RAAF? Part 1 The
Strategic Context Part 2 The ADF's Alternatives |
| Australian
Aviation -
Series 1999 - Deedle, Deedle, Deedle, BANG! The
Paradigm Shift in Air Superiority |
| Australian
Aviation -
Series 1999 - Measures of Fighter Capability Parts 1 -
3 |
Air Power
International - February
2000 - Stealth in Strike Warfare
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| Australian
Aviation - June
2000 - Maritime Deterrence, Submarines and
Air Power |
| Australian
Aviation -
August 2000 - Eurofighter Typhoon - Demon or Lemon? |
Australian
Aviation - June
2002 - Active
Electronically Steered Arrays - A Maturing
Technology
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| Australian Aviation -
March 2003 - Uninhabited Combat Aerial
Vehicles |
| Australian
Aviation -
April 2003 - A
Heavy Bomber Rennaissance? |
| Australian
Aviation - June
2003 - B-52H Engine
Upgrade Recommendation |
| Defence Today - December 2003 - Simulation - Digital Battlefields |
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| Submissions |
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| US Air Force 2025 Study
Submission - October 1995 - CS-X and CVS-X
Low
Observable Tactical Transports |
| US Air Force 2025 Study Submission
- October 1995 - RFX - A Near Term Stealth Strike
Recce Fighter + Colour Diagram |
| US Air Force 2025 Study Submission
- October 1995 - Microwave Seismic Sensor |
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Pilot Reports
/ Flight Training
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Australian Aviation -
November 1991 - RAAF Flight
Training / The Parrot - Flying the CT4
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Australian Aviation -
December 1991 - Flying
the
Pilatus PC-9/A
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| Australian Aviation -
June 1992 - Aerobatics - Spinning |
Air Power International - Driving
the Pig Simulator , Mirror@F-111.net
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Australian Aviation -
April 1999 - AH-64D Apache Longbow Flight
Report
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| Australian Aviation -
May/June 2001 - Flying
the F/A-18F Super Hornet (FTA Mirror)
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The
EMW
Wasserfall W-10 Surface to Air Missile narrowly missed out on
operational use. It would have had a devastating impact on the Allied
Combined Bomber Offensive in 1944-45.
Historical
Articles
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| Mark
Kopp's Aviation Art (November 2006) |
| Australian
Aviation -
1992 - Der
Gabelschwanz Teufel (Revised and expanded with C.C. Jordan 1999) -
Historical |
| Defence Today - May/June 2006 - Milestones - Early Operations Using
Smart Bombs |
| Defence Today - July/August
2006 - Milestones - Early Fighter Cannon
Armament |
| Defence Today
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September/October
2006 - Milestones -
Genesis
of the Surface to Air Missile |
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Related Links
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| The
Parliamentary Debate [Click for more ...] |
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The Pave Mover program was the
forerunner of today's widely used GMTI targeting radar programs, and
was
the technology demonstration for the E-8A JSTARS. This demonstrator
radar was flown in the weapon bay of an F-111E during the early 1980s
(U.S. Air Force photo).
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