US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman has released video showing first flight of a low-cost jet developed to demonstrate new manufacturing techniques. Assembled and flown by Northrop subsidiary ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has finished windtunnel testing an experimental fan-in-wing design for a Pentagon X-plane competition. The Boeing subsidiary says it recently wrapped up stability and control ...

When one thinks of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the first thing that comes to mind is a helicopter-like contraption that can lift off from pretty much everywhere. But the various ...

As the U.S. Air Force is moving to modernize its fleet of aircraft, it is looking to new and innovative designs to help it advance its goals. And one such design is that of a blended-wing body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canada-based aerospace engineering company Horizon Aircraft has hit a significant milestone by becoming the first eVTOL developer ...

Vertical lift, fixed-wing flight: Get a look at PteroDynamics' transwing aircraft PteroDynamics shows off a drone that can transform from a quadcopter to a fixed wing aircraft while in flight.

J-35 catapulting off the Fujian. Credit: PLAN video The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has released video footage confirming the launch and recovery of three fixed-wing aircraft types from the ...