On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer. After their final and longest flight, ...

This might be the most interesting drone competition since the Outback Challenge. I wouldn’t use a single airframe, have a look at the bottom for what I would do. The US Defence Advanced Research ...

Autonomous air taxi developer Wisk Aero has handed a full-scale “Gen 6” prototype to its flight-test and operations team. The Mountain View-based start-up revealed the completed aircraft in 8 December ...

I mounted a 360 camera on my RC B-17 Flying Fortress and tried to formation fly with a mini P-51 Mustang. Turns out, keeping up with the Mustang isn’t as easy as I thought, so I ended up chasing it ...

Credit: U.S. Navy SIMI VALLEY, California—The much-anticipated first flight of the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray for the U.S. Navy has been pushed to early 2026, a delay after both service and company leaders ...

FRANKFURT—Airbus is now targeting the third quarter of 2026 for the first flight of the A350F, leading to first delivery and entry-into-service in the second half of 2027. The freighter project was ...

A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone prepares for taxi at El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano/Air Force) The pilot of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ...

A few days ago, California-based defense tech firm Anduril concluded the first test flights of its semi-autonomous Fury fighter jet without a pilot in the cockpit. Oh wait, there's actually no cockpit ...

Joby Aviation (JOBY) -- in partnership with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies (LHX) -- has completed a test fight of a hybrid autonomous VTOL defense aircraft using Joby’s SuperPilot autonomy ...

Joby Aviation completed a test flight of its hybrid defense aircraft in partnership with L3Harris , three months after the companies announced the project. The milestone showcases Joby's ability to ...

Anduril’s robot wingman has notched its first flight Friday, more than a month after the neoprime defense contractor blamed software woes and a push to make the inaugural takeoff semi-autonomous for ...

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...