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 ...

With a rousing success under its belt from its last test flight, SpaceX is now preparing for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket. The company performed a static test fire of the Super Heavy ...

SpaceX has performed a static test fire of a Super Heavy booster in preparation for the 11th flight of the mighty Starship rocket. The test took place at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in southern Texas ...

It has been two weeks since SpaceX's last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time ...

A new drone test flight facility in the Northern Territory will give manufacturers the chance to test their technology in some of the most diverse terrain and extreme weather conditions in the world.

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