During the Cold War, the US military explored personal flying platforms designed to let individual soldiers move vertically over the battlefield. These flying platforms, often compared to hoverboards ...
Everybody’s sad that the skies over Britain no longer boom to the sound of a passing Concorde. It’s not so much the lack of a superfast service to New York, but the more generalised regret that ...
British High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron on Wednesday pitched for deeper collaboration between India and the United Kingdom in the creative economy, highlighting the complementarity between ...
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America’s jet with backward swept wings

The Grumman X-29 tested forward swept wings, fly by wire controls, and composite materials in a highly unstable experimental aircraft. While never intended for combat, its data reshaped understanding ...
Boom Supersonic is putting its engine technology to work on the ground to power the AI boom, and help fund development of its full-size Overture aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...
Humans have a long history of spotting objects in the sky that they aren't able to identify. The first recorded UFO sighting in America dates all the way back to 1639, before the country itself was ...
Hartzell Engine Technologies announced Monday a new line of lightweight engine starters designed for 12-volt electrical systems on homebuilt aircraft. The news is part of an expansion for Sky-Tec, an ...
Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...
One of Britain’s most acclaimed photographers, Martin Parr, died on Saturday at age 73, his foundation said on Sunday. A prolific photographer and collector, Parr obsessively documented his ...
The Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics Agency said it tested remote operation of drones using tablets from inside a helicopter and autonomous flight navigation. The Japan Ministry of Defence’s ...
NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...
Kingston University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off from ...