From wind direction to runway slope, there are many factors that can influence an aircraft's take-off performance.

The F-16 SFW (Forward-Swept Wing) was an experimental fighter developed by General Dynamics in the 1970s as part of DARPA’s ...

The lowest airspeed at which an ordinary fixed-wing airplane can fly is almost entirely determined by two numbers.

Liberty Lifter X-plane enables sea-based heavy-lift transport for fast logistics, rescue missions, and disaster response ...

Heart Aerospace’s full-scale Heart X1 prototype features a composite fuselage and wing, set to perform first flights in 2025.

Northrop, at its Palmdale facility, incorporated its digital ecosystem and advanced manufacturing capabilities to develop, ...

A balloon pilot has the ability to make the balloon rise by heating up the air within the envelope, but there is a time delay ...

Once near the eye of the hurricane, Hurricane Hunters will deploy dropsondes, a small, tube-like contraption that can feed ...

The video shows how Liberty Lifter can combine heavy-lift transport at the scale of a ship with the speed of an aircraft for fast logistics missions in a ...

The U.S. Air Force has no plans to acquire stealthy uncrewed combat air vehicles (UCAV) capable of operating with very high ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has released a new video of its revolutionary wing-in-ground-effect Liberty Lifter concept aircraft that it's developing for DARPA. The aircraft uses ground effect to lift ...

The last two airplanes, tail numbers 96-8153 and 99-1933, were previous EC-130Js and converted to “slick” C-130Js. The 193rd ...