Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first modified E-6B Mercury aircraft to the US Navy on June 6. The E-6B, which serves as an airborne command post and communications relay for US nuclear forces,…
The United States Air Force has conducted trials of a beam director designed to operate high-speed airborne directed energy lasers, providing a 360-degree field of view. The HARDROC team, short for Hybrid Aero-Effect…
The Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier will set out on its first operational mission with more US than British warplanes on board, under plans being examined by defence chiefs. HMS Queen Elizabeth could…
The first Viper to roll off the Greenville line is also the first in the advanced Block 70 configuration, and set to take flight next year. Lockheed Martin has now given us our…
The pilot ejected safely from the F-5N Tiger II operated by Fighter Squadron Composite 111 at Naval Air Station Key West. The pilot of a U.S. Navy F-5N Tiger II adversary jet has…
The US Air Force conducted a flight test that paves the way for AI-piloted fighter jets to man the skies. The military group flew its Skyborg Autonomy Core System (ACS) for two hours…
The gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft has successfully flown a prototype of its Talon hypersonic vehicle for the very first time. Described as the largest plane in the world due to its 383-foot wingspan, Stratolaunch’s…
Boom Supersonic has unveiled a new design for its 1,300mph airliner, which when it launches in 2029, will carry passengers between London and New York in just three and a half hours. The…
Flying from London to New York in 80 minutes could become a reality in the future with jaw-dropping ideas for a new supersonic nuclear-powered plane. The Hyper Sting concept has been dreamt up…
You must admit it: the U.S. military is stacked with stealth fighters and bombers. In fact, the U.S. military wants 2,500 F-35 stealth fighters alone. But that doesn’t mean all stealth fighter and…
The F-22 and the F-35 are among the most sophisticated fighter jets in the world. But before there was the F-22 or the F-35, there was the YF-118G, known as the “Bird of…
There’s precious little human dignity in economy airline travel to begin with; why not go all the way? The HypNap TruRest offers you the opportunity to attempt sleep with your face mashed into…
When the military U-2 spy aircraft became vulnerable to Soviet attack in 1960, specifically from their surface-to-air missiles, President Eisenhower told Lockheed to build the impossible. The goal was simple yet nearly insurmountable,…
More than 25 years after the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor took its maiden flight, it remains among the most capable air superiority fighter in the world. The Raptor’s combination of stealth, aerodynamic performance,…
Boeing has unveiled a new autonomous fighter jet plane that’s designed to be a sidekick for piloted planes and could take to the skies as soon as 2020. The unmanned drone, dubbed the…
Six decades of active service have been logged by the E-2 Hawkeye. The Northrup Grumman-built E-2 is capable of operating in all weather conditions and from aircraft carrier decks to provide tactical airborne…