Corner Shot :

The Corner Shot was designed in the early 2000's for Special Weapons And Tactics teams and for the special forces in dangerous situations. It was designed by Lt.Col. Amos Golan of Israel. Amos Golan works in the Israeli Defense Forces. 

The Corner Shot allows the attacker to see the enemy with the help of a small camera and with the help of the a small pistol attached at the end which can be rotated, the attacker can shoot the enemies.

The Corner shot's been developed into various forms like the 40mm grenade launcher, the APR and a derived anti-tank version.

Countries using Corner shot : Isreal, Azerbaijan, China, India, Mexico, Russia, Indonesia, South Korea and United States.

SR-72 Hypersonic Spy Drone :

Lockheed Martin announces plans for SR-72 Hypersonic Spy Drone

The long awaited SR-72 will arrived!!! Plans for the successor of the super fast SR-71 Blackbird are now out!
The SR-72 Blackbird is currently the only Hypersonic jet! Whoooo!

The SR-72 is said to travel with the speed of Mach 6 that is 6 times the speed of sound! It's about twice as fast as the SR-71 Blackbird.

The SR-72 would have the ability to gather intelligence, conduct surveillance and reconnaissance, and launch combat strikes at an unprecedented speed. The plane is designed to fill what is considered in military circles to be a gap in capabilities between the spy satellites orbiting Earth and the manned and unmanned technology meant to replace the SR-71. 

The original Blackbird, which was introduced in 1966 and served until 1999, was primarily used by the US Air Force and NASA to collect intelligence through the Cold War. Along with flying at speeds fast enough to outrun a surface-to-air missile, the Blackbird also avoided enemy radar by flying at low altitudes. A total of 32 aircraft were built and, although 12 were lost to accidents, not a single one was lost to enemy combat.  

Yet the sheer cost of replicating the Blackbird has prevented the US military from commissioning such a powerful weapon at a time when the Air Force has dominated international skies with the drone program. 

But Lockheed Martin now believes it has encountered a technological breakthrough rendering the conversation around costs irrelevant. 

Brad Leland, portfolio manager for air-breathing hypersonic technologies, said the crux of the new project hinges on an air breathing engine that combines the traditional turbine with a scramjet. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) explored the idea on previous projects but abandoned it because of cost. 

“The Skunk Works has been working with Aerojet Rocketdyne for the past seven years to develop a method to integrate an off-the-shelf turbine with a scramjet to power the aircraft from standstill to Mach 6 plus,” Leland said. “Our approach builds on HTV-3X, but this extends a lot beyond that and addresses the one key technical issue that remained on that program: the high-speed turbine engine.” 

Leland, who said that roughly 20 employees have worked on the project so far, elaborated in an interview with Reuters. 

“What we are doing is defining a missile that would have a small incremental cost to go at hypersonic speed,” he said. “Hypersonic is the new stealth. Your adversaries cannot hide or move their critical assets. They will be found. That becomes "game changer".

SR-71 Blackbird :

The SR-71 Blackbird was developed by Lockheed Martin.It was an advanced, long-ranged strategic aircraft which flies at speeds higher than Mach 3.
It was developed in the 1960's from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft project.
Out of the 32 SR-71's built, 12 were lost in accidents but none in battles.
The SR-71 Blackbird was designed to dodge the enemy missiles. How exactly would it do that?
Simply. When it detects a missile heading towards it, it would simply accelerate to higher speeds and boom! Missiles out flied! The SR-71 holds the record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft.

The Blackbird family consists of the YF-12, A-12 and SR-71.
The blackbird family flew for 3,551 mission sorties and 17,300 total sorties.The mission flight hours of the blackbird family are 11,008 hours and total flight hours are 53,490. They flew over Mach-3 for about 2,752 hours in missions and totally over 11,675 hours.

Jim Zwayer, a Lockheed flight-test reconnaissance and navigation systems specialist was killed in a flight accident. Rest of crew members ejected safely or evacuated their aircraft on ground.

The Blackbird has a crew of 2.
The max. take off weight of Blackbird is about 78,000 kgs.
Maximum Speed is 3.3 Mach at 24,000 meters.
Range : 2,900 nmi.
Service Ceiling : 25,900 m.
Rate of Climb : 60 m/sec.

Pragathi Surface-to-surface missiles :

Yet another massive leap for India.
The new tactical surface-to-surface missile, Pragati is out! It has a range of about 60-170km!
The Pragati was developed from the Prahaar missile developed by DRDO. India is currently exhibiting Pragati in the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition in South Korea.

Pragati Missiles are gonna be offered to friendly countries. These missiles are capable of carrying warheads weighing about 200 kgs. Pragati Missiles are about 7.4 meter in length and 0.42 meter in diameter. The Pragati missile uses the Thrust Vector Control (TVC) during the boost phase and electromechanical actuator (EMA) system for remaining flight trajectory. It has an accuracy of CEP < 20 meters and has a flight time of 120 - 360 seconds. The Pragati Missiles are at Exhibition ADEX-2013 held at KINTEX, Seoul, South Korea from 29th Oct - 3 Nov 2013.

 

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a United State's aircraft build with a vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL ) and Short takeoff and landing (STOL ) capability. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission, tilt rotor aircraft designed by the United States Department of Defense, Join-service Vertical take-off/landing Experimental aircraft program which was started in 1981.
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey was designed to support as a conventional helicopter and also as a long-ranged aircraft with high-speed cruise performance.

The Bell Helicopter team and the Boeing Helicopter team joined together in this project and produced the magnificent Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.

The first Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey flew in 1989 and difficulties of being the first tilt-rotor for military service led to many years of development.
The U.S.Marine Corps started crew-training for Osprey in 2000 and finally fielded it in 2007.
The U.S.Air Force fielded their Osprey (With slight modifications) in 2009.

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey has been used in combat and rescue operations in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.

A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey consists of a pilot, a copilot and two flight engineers or crew chiefs. Total of 4 crew members.
A Bell Boeing V-22 supports 24 troops (If seated) and 32 troops (Floor loaded).
It supports 9,000 kg of internal cargo and 6,800 kg of external cargo.
The V-22 Osprey weighs 15,000 kgs and the maximum takeoff weight of it is about 27,400 kgs.
An Osprey can reach a maximum speed of 500 kmph at sea level and 560 kmph at 4,600 meters.
Cruise Speed of an Osprey is about 277 mph.
Combat Radius  : 722 km.
Service Ceiling : 7,620 m.
Rate of Climb : 4,000 ft/min.
An Osprey is equipped with an M240 Machine Gun or 12.7 mm M2 Browning Machine gun on ramp and .308 inch GAU-17 minigun, belly-mounted, retractable and video remote controlled.

Lockheed Martin :

Marillyn Hewson, C.E.O. of Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin is a global aerospace company with worldwide interests which was formed with the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta.
Lockheed Martin deals in aerospace, defence and security.

cLockheed Martin earns 74% of it's revenues from military sales and 7.1% from funds from the Pentagon.
Lockheed Martin has received the Collier Trophy six times.
Headquarters of the Lockheed Martin is at Bethesda, Maryland in Washington Metropolitan Area.
It employs over 120,000 people worldwide.
Marillyn Hewson is the current president and C.E.O. Ms.Hewson was also appointed by the President of the United States, Barack Obama to the President's Export Council which is the most important national advisory committee on international trade.

Lockheed Martin operates in five business segments :
1)Aeronautics.
2)Information Systems.
3)Global Solutions.
4)Missile and Fire Control.
5)Mission Systems and Training.

Lockheed Martin topped the list of US Federal Contractors in the years 2008, 2009.
Lockheed Martin is currently developing the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
The deal for the merger between Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta was finalised on 15th of March, 1995.

The most prominent Lockheed product is the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, a fifth-generation fighter jet.
Lockheed Martin is the only manufacturer of Fifth-Generation fighter jets, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II.

F-22 Raptor 

Presidential Transport (United States of America) :

The President of the United States of America travels in a variety of transport-vehicles.
The most prominent vehicle used for the transportation of the president of the United States of America is the Boeing 747, Air Force One.

Air Force One the call sign of the Boeing 747 aircraft used to transport the president.

Apart from Air Force One, the President also owns a helicopter with the call sign, Marine One.

The President also owns a limousine which is heavily armoured.

Air Force One and Limousine