Size matters. From a fighter jet smaller and lighter than a SUV to a flying machine three times longer than a Boeing 747, ...

Conceived as revolutionary and advanced naval fighter, its design fueled by the rapid advancement in aviation technology at the time, the Vought XF5U project promised a highly efficient and tough ...

What You Need to Know: The Vought V-173, or “Flying Pancake,” defied traditional aircraft design with its flat, flying-wing shape. Invented in the 1930s by Charles Zimmerman, the V-173 was designed in ...

Four fatal Osprey crashes since 2022 have killed 20 U.S. service members and led to a three-month grounding of the Pentagon’s ...

Currently in prototype form, the four-seater aircraft is being developed by California-based Airhart Aeronautics. In a nutshell, the aim of the company is not only to make self-piloted flight ...

Andy Altman covered all things science and tech. He led production on CNET's award-winning limited documentary series Hacking the Apocalypse. He also created and co-hosted our video series What the ...

Saemi Poelma eagerly posed for a photo Tuesday inside a model autonomous air taxi, impressed by the possibility of a new way of traveling without a human pilot. “This is something that we all imagined ...