Throughout much of military aviation history, aircraft fit within the confines of what is technologically possible for the time. Occasionally, however, you’ll see military aircraft that burst out of ...

The Army’s MV-75 tiltrotor aircraft will replace the Black Hawk, offering greater speed, range, and flexibility for modern long-distance combat operations.

Military aircraft are typically judged by specifications and engineering elegance. But sometimes combat history repeatedly shows that those measures can be misleading. Some aircraft entered service ...

Stealth tends to get the glamour, but carrier aviation still rewards an older virtue: arriving over the deck under control.

The United States has awarded a contract to a vendor that will design and build next-generation UAV engines. Here's who will ...

Crew skill and tactical adaptation determined combat aircraft effectiveness more than design quality across multiple conflicts. The F-4 Phantom achieved high kill ratios only after Top Gun training ...

The continent of Europe has created some of the most capable military aircraft in history, indeed the first combat action by an aeroplane was in Italian service. In the First World War, all of the ...

The brilliant engineering solution enables a massive payload and efficient flight performance.

In the next few decades, the standard passenger aircraft will look radically different, according to the head of one of the world’s largest plane manufacturers. Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said in a ...

Germany produced three outstanding modern airliners in the interwar period: the Junkers Ju 52, Junkers Ju 86 and Focke-Wulf ...

Military aircraft succeeded despite design flaws when operational doctrine and mission context emphasized strengths over weaknesses. The B-52’s massive radar signature proved manageable through ...