The Sea Vampire made history as the first jet-powered aircraft to land on a carrier in 1945. The UK and US navies developed fighter jets to operate aboard aircraft carriers after World War II. The de ...

Aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships have a similar appearance, but they perform different distinct missions. Each has a different design and carries varying equipment. Aircraft carriers are ...

On September 10, China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, departed from the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. On September 11, Japan’s Joint Staff Office reported that at around 1:00 p.m., the Japan ...

China showed its newest aircraft carrier launching military aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult system. Among the aircraft launched was a new stealth fighter. It demonstrates China's ...

New images have emerged of one of China’s futuristic fighter jets, a three-engine, tailless flying wing aircraft that Western analysts have dubbed the J-36. It’s unclear when the images, which are ...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, China's third conventionally powered aircraft carrier, the Fujian, conducts a maiden sea trial on May 7, 2024. (Ding Ziyu/Xinhua via AP, File) BANGKOK (AP ...

The high-speed uncrewed test aircraft performed its first flight at Edwards AFB, just a year after the launch of the development. Hermeus, a U.S. company aiming to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly ...

Beta Technologies unveiled Monday the next electric aircraft in its lineup — a passenger-carrying version of its ALIA vertical takeoff and landing and fixed-wing vehicles. Electric vertical takeoff ...

A helicopter and a fighter jet went down in separate incidents while operating from a U.S. aircraft carrier on Sunday, the Navy said. The crews were rescued. By Yan Zhuang Two U.S. Navy aircraft went ...

Another hybrid-electric aircraft developer came out of the shadows on 11 December with plans to build a 50-100 seater powered by a system composed of electric motors and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) ...

We humans love to label everything we can, especially everything we make. You visit an art museum, and nearly every painting and sculpture bears its creator's signature. The same is true for military ...

Airlines around the world are racing to avoid widespread cancellations by fixing thousands of Airbus aircraft that need immediate maintenance to protect from a problem that injured passengers and ...