Modern military aircraft nearly followed a very different path. As naval aviation evolved during World War II, engineers faced a dangerous problem: carrier pilots increasingly struggled with poor ...

Pushing the frontiers of aerospace technology involves imagination and the taking of risks. Many experimental aircraft tested critical new concepts, while many successfully disproved terrible ideas.

Few civilians are aware of all the interesting facts about aircraft carriers, but these conditions and customs are part of the everyday lives of service members out at sea. These massive vessels sail ...

Airplanes don't need their wings to be symmetrical to take to the skies. At first, planes were designed with perpendicular wings to the plane's fuselage because every flying creature in nature ...

A private company at a high-powered Army conference demonstrated a unique aircraft at the event — and allegedly took responsibility for setting off last year’s drone and “UFO” pandemonium in New ...

Putting forth millions of dollars in the 1980s, all four branches of the U.S. military needed a new aircraft to adapt to the technological advances in armed combat ...