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.

Aviation editor Michael Verdon steps into the flight deck of Pivotal's Blackfly eVTOL that can be flown without pilot’s ...

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

Henry Ford claimed the all-metal, three-engine airliner was “the safest airliner around”, and it was rugged, simple, and ...

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

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 ...

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 emergence of "robot wingmen" is shaping the future of aerial combat, with competing systems like the XQ-58, XQ-67 and ...

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

Nikita Ermoshkin, then an engineer at SpaceX, decided to get a private pilot license so that he could take day trips from his ...

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