A nuclear thermal propulsion engine could cut the travel time in half for future space explorers racing to the Red Planet.

For the Marine Corps, the effort to find a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that can be used for its purposes was called ...

Thrust-vectoring makes impossible maneuvers possible. The huge, powerful jets can perform extremely tight turns that ...

GE Aerospace will supply eight LM2500 gas turbine engines for two new US Navy Flight III destroyers, as part of the new deal.

The Advanced Tactical Fighter competition is often remembered as a clean win for the F-22 Raptor, but the losing prototype, ...

Abstract: Aiming at the nonlinear dynamics and strong coupling effects of thrust-vectoring carrier-based aircraft during landing, this study proposes a composite control strategy combining aerodynamic ...

A plane carrying the Johns Hopkins football team from Baltimore to Minneapolis for its NCAA Division III playoff semifinal at UW-River Falls was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Columbus, Ohio ...

Abstract: Ducted fan UAVs (DFUAVs), characterized by vector thrust, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities, and high safety, have found widespread applications in both military and civilian ...

Designer W.E.W. Petter wanted a clean fuselage for the Canberra, forcing him to abandon a center-mounted jet engine and instead use the promising but highly experimental Rolls-Royce AJ.65 axial flow ...