The Air Force is examining the use of a flying wing that totes dozens of air-to-air missiles to support fighter operations.

The B2’s Unique Design The B2 Spirit looks nothing like a conventional aircraft. Rather than wings attached to a fuselag ...

The flying wing design is niche and rare today, but the concept has been the focus of study for 100 years. The flying wing design is intuitive but relatively rare. As the name implies, a flying wing ...

From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to support them efficiently were not yet available. John “Jack” Northrop was born ...

A stealth aircraft packed with dozens of long-range air-to-air missiles is no longer a hypothetical idea it is being actively researched by the U.S. Air Force as part of planning for a possible ...

The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn't changed much in the past 60 years. Modern airliners like the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 have the same general shape as the Boeing 707 and the ...

In the world of general aviation, not many light aircraft can claim to have a genuine military pedigree, although a few have ...

A sensational advance in industrial technique was revealed last week and immediately opened the way for major advances in the aviation industry. The new technique: arc-welding of magnesium. Result: ...

Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a tube with wings and a stabilizing tail tacked onto one end of said tube. Yet it is also no secret that the lift ...