Latest Aviation Stories
Hydrogen-powered flight is closer to takeoff than ever
Everything to know about Switchblades, the attack drones the US gave Ukraine
What is DARPA? The rich history of the Pentagon’s secretive tech agency
What it takes to display a 176,000-pound space shuttle in a launch configuration
A new mapping algorithm aims to steer drivers towards the safest route
Flying with human organs for transplant is tricky—a new law could help
These tiny electric fans are powerful enough to propel drones and jets
Raytheon asks retirees for help making new Stinger anti-air missiles
US military aircraft could get jamming-resistant navigation systems
Joby’s latest electric air taxi will head to an Air Force base for tests in 2024
What we know about Area 51
Improved 5G coverage could ground some flights starting July 1
NASA kills its electric plane’s flight plan, citing safety concerns
AAROK is France’s bigger, newer take on the US’s Reaper drone
In photos: Soldiers jam drones with blocky Dronebuster guns
NASA’s ‘airliner of the future’ is now officially an X-plane
How pilots end up in a ‘death spiral’
The metallic guts of GE’s massive jet engines, in photos
Watch a ‘flying fish’ drone hover in the air and then swim underwater
What to know about the anti-air missiles the US is sending to Ukraine
Prototype airline seat would make the skies friendlier to passengers in wheelchairs
What do long flights do to your health?
The Chaparral drone could help the Air Force carry supplies, with less risk
Watch the US Navy launch an ocean glider from a helicopter
The Air Force’s ‘Angry Kitten’ has been jamming with drones and jets
The Air Force used microwave energy to take down a drone swarm
Watch a Google drone deliver beer and snacks to Denver’s Coors Field
What to expect from the US Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter jet
A new NASA study will put people through a brain-shaking ride in the Kraken
Watch a giant military drone land on a Wyoming highway
Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked
Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
Europe’s fourth biggest airport plans to ban private jets
The best FPV drones for 2023
How fast is supersonic flight, and why does it create sonic booms?
The FAA just made East Coast flight routes shorter
The Marines are getting supersized drones for battlefield resupply
Giving drones inflatable suits could help them survive crash landings
Drones can fly themselves with worm-inspired AI software
Before the Artemis II crew can go to the moon, they need to master flying high above Earth
With VENOM, the Air Force aims to test autonomy on combat F-16s
Colombia is deploying a new solar-powered electric boat
This ATV-mounted, drone-killing laser burns with the power of one dishwasher
How does a jet engine work? By running hot enough to melt its own innards.
Watch this Navy drone take off and land on its tail like a rocket
Ikea says 100 drones are now buzzing around its warehouses
Why the Air Force wants 1,000 new combat drones
This drone company plans to make deliveries by lowering a small droid into your yard
What to know about the MQ-9 Reaper, the drone the US just lost over the Black Sea
The US military wants ideas for fast aircraft that don’t need runways
Save a parking spot for Wing’s slick new ‘AutoLoader’ for drones
This plane powered by hydrogen has made an electrifying first flight
Why the US military plans to start making its own jet fuel
The real star of this aerial selfie isn’t the balloon—it’s the U-2 spy plane
Putin is backing away from New START—here’s what that nuclear treaty does
Why DARPA put AI at the controls of a fighter jet
Biden says flying objects likely not ‘related to China’s spy balloon program’
Researchers are stuffing drones into taxidermy birds to make them seem more ‘natural’
Studying fighter pilot physiology could help us understand astronaut brains
Let’s talk about how planes fly
How high do planes fly? It depends on if they’re going east or west.
Spy balloons have been surveilling humans since 1794
This amphibious robot can fly like a bird and swim like a fish
DARPA wants aircraft that can maneuver with a radically different method