The Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) provides the US and German Navies with a quick reaction, high firepower defense against Anti-Ship Missiles (ASM) such as the Exocet and SSN-22. RAM incorporates passive RF and IR sensors allowing track and guidance against both radiating and nonradiating threats. The "fire and forget" feature coupled with RAMs quick reaction protects ships against dense raids ...

More than 100 of the worlds most potent fighter aircraft are depicted in superbly detailed cutaway drawings: from the canvas-and-string contraptions of World War I to the amazing stealth fighters that are taking air combat into the 21st century. Accompanied by fascinating technical and developmental descriptions, each drawing reveals and clearly identifies the aircrafts airframe structures, eng...

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are increasing their communication subsystems complexity as they are using several data links both for redundancy and for tacking with different communication requirements: different ranges, bandwidth, power consumption or cost. Inside the airframe a similar tendency with respect to communications is appearing. Modern digital avionics are mainly implemented as di...