High-aspect-ratio wings push conventional tube-and-wing aircraft to record-high aerodynamic performance levels, and blended wing body concepts rethink the entire airframe as a lifting surface.

America built the X-15 to get flight data in the unknown between airplanes and spacecraft. -The rocket-powered, Inconel-X research plane, air-dropped from a B-52 and driven by a throttleable XLR99, ...

The historic brick building stands proudly on the street, with its distinctive sign announcing “Schmidt’s Sausage Haus und Restaurant” to hungry passersby. American and German flags flutter gently ...

After being used for the first time for certification testing on a 777-9 flight test in May, VERA is now installed on three ...

Watch how a single engine on the flight 7 SpaceX Starship was test fired to simulate an in-space burn. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The second B-21 flight test aircraft has already flown a second time since its delivery sortie from Northrop Grumman to the U.S. Air Force, as the company says the bombers ...

The US Air Force has taken delivery of a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter that will be employed for testing software updates and ...

Airbus Helicopters has hailed early maturity shown by its new H140 light-twin during separate hot and high flight-test ...

The Trump administration is dropping a plan to require airlines to pay cash compensation for flight delays. The Department of Transportation is also considering rescinding a rule that requires ...