How It Works-Amazing Vehicles
© BA E Systems; Naval Sea Systems Command; Ian Moores Graphics Military jet Some jets are equipped with radar systems purposely ...
The USS San A ntonio amphibious transport dock excels in its ability to effi ciently carry and covertly deliver militar y vehicl ...
Masking systems in marine vehicle applications work by reducing radiated noise generated by the vessel’s propulsion system and g ...
T aller than the Niagara Falls with room for four jumbo jets, the HMS Queen Elizabeth is a true naval goliath. The construction ...
© BA E Systems Flight control This tower regulates air traffi c and controls the ship’s radar systems. Aircraft lift and hangar ...
I f you thought that the golden age of naval combat came to an end 200 years ago, then clearly somebody forgot to tell the natio ...
2 Frigate Lightly armed, medium-sized ships generally used to protect other militar y or civilian vessels. Recently, frigates ha ...
The Advanced Gun System (AGS) is a new naval gun from BAE Systems capable of fi ring precision munitions super-fast and at over- ...
The Vertical Launch System (VLS) is a state-of-the-art multi-missile launching system. Unlike previous systems, which could only ...
152 (^) Concorde The supersonic plane that changed the way we travel but was ultimately retired in 2003 154 Supermarine Spitfi r ...
HISTORIC 164 152 160 168 162 © A lex Pang © DK Images 154 ...
Concorde An aircraft that could fly across the Atlantic in under three hours seemed as impossible as it was desirable F ly ing f ...
Undercarriage The undercarriage was unusually strong due to the high angle the plane would rise to at rotation, just prior to ta ...
Supermarine Rolls-Royce Vee-12 engine The Spitfire utilised t wo variant of Rolls-Royce engine during its production life span, ...
Inside the Spitfi re What made this aircraft so spectacular? Elliptical wing The elliptical wing of the Spitfire is a defining d ...
Lancaster Famed for its prowess and entrenched in popular culture by The Dam Busters of 1955, the Lancaster bomber played a vita ...
The bouncing bomb One of the most famous parts of the Lancaster’s heritage is its role in carrying and releasing the ‘bouncing b ...
Messerschmitt Me 262 S peed kills. This is a fact of war that the Nazi regime understood well, employing it to great effect with ...
“The Me 262 was the most advanced aviation design brought to fruition during World War II” Me 262 A-1a Crew: 1 Length: 10.6m (34 ...
F-86 Sabre Explore the advanced engineering that makes the Sabre such a formidable fi ghter jet... On board the F-86E T he F-86 ...
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