NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel ...

The experimental Su-47 Russian demonstrator fighter jet was somewhat of a short-lived demonstrator, yet numerous public accounts suggest that its innovations propelled development of the country's two ...

But the variable-sweep wing design seems to have gone out of fashion most recently. As the name suggests, “variable-sweep” wings are aircraft wings that can be adjusted to different degrees of ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. America's first swept-wing jet fighter, the F-86 Sabre joined the ranks of great fighter aircraft during combat ...

The winner-take-all nature of aerial combat means the slightest edge can be the difference between victory and death. Power, maneuverability, agility, armor, and armament were all key components of a ...