During the Cold War, the Soviet Union pursued experimental aircraft that defied imagination. Hypersonic bombers, stealth ...

In the final years of World War II, Germany sought a jet-powered bomber that could outrun Allied fighters and carry heavy ...

In the popular consciousness, disc-shaped UFOs immediately bring space aliens to mind. In reality, though, several countries ...

As a people and as a culture, we are mavericks. We see problems and know that solutions will take madness and brilliance, and ...

On October 14, 1947, a B-29 Superfortress bomber took off with a small, dart-shaped, rocket-powered aircraft called the ... in the early years of the Cold War. The need for a parasite fighter ...

If the United States were to withdraw from its nuclear commitment to Europe, France would likely take over responsibility for deterrence on the continent.

The legendary B-52 Stratofortress, behemoth of the sky built to fight the unthinkable war, nearly a century later the fleet ...

The Navy's fighter jet was nearly the A-12 Avenger II flying wing (dubbed the 'flying dorito'), although the aircraft was canceled with the end of the Cold War. However ... One of the most unusual ...

The Houston-based company put its Athena spacecraft on the moon just after 12:30 p.m. ET. The landing site is closer to the lunar south pole than any human or vehicle has traveled before.

Job descriptions attached to the ads suggest the force will have a key focus on international cooperation, and on designing systems for new and experimental technology ... Its regular column, the Cold ...

There is a line in the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie that speaks volumes. Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner used an upside-down rowboat to walk underwater causing Turner to say, “This is ...