In a 2005 war game, the USS Ronald Reagan, a $6 billion aircraft carrier, was "sunk" by the Swedish submarine HMS Gotland, a ...

In a 2005 naval exercise, the small Swedish diesel-powered submarine HSMS Gotland shocked the U.S. Navy by “sinking” the ...

Reverend Dr. Robert Stirling, a Scottish clergyman, was concerned about the death toll from exploding boilers. Based on previous work by George Cayley (known for his pioneering work on aeronautics ...

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that sail with the United ... "Air-Independent Propulsion" or AIP system that's powered by a Stirling engine and fueled by either liquid oxygen or conventional ...

If the HSMS Gotland was a real enemy, the U.S. aircraft carrier would have picked ... the Swedish engineers went back in history and picked the Stirling engine, which was first invented in ...

the SAS's first mission was to parachute into the desert and plant bombs on enemy aircraft. David Stirling, speaking in 1987, describes the first base camp for the new SAS The weather was ...

And its Stirling engines burn either oxygen stored ... the Gotland-class was able to “sink” a US aircraft carrier during a 2005 wargame with the US Navy. This was not the first time a ...

The exact airfoil shape of a wing has a massive effect on the performance and efficiency of an aircraft and will be selected based on the intended flight envelope. If you’re moving beyond foam ...

Laying retardant is crucial to aerial firefighting because it helps stop fires from spreading, but the retardant is expensive and corrosive to aircraft. Credit: Securite Civile France After ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

Currently in prototype form, the four-seater aircraft is being developed by California-based Airhart Aeronautics. In a nutshell, the aim of the company is not only to make self-piloted flight ...