NASA's X-29 tested forward-swept wings and digital fly-by-wire control, advancing unstable aircraft design and high-angle flight research.

NASA's T-34C Mentor helped test detect-and-avoid systems for drones, supporting safe integration of unmanned aircraft into US ...

A second B-21 Raider test aircraft takes off on Sept. 11, 2025, from Palmdale, California, to join the Air Force’s flight-test campaign at Edwards AFB, California. Credit: U.S. Air Force The B-21 ...

Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to turn five Boeing 747-8 aircraft into the Air Force's new fleet of Survivable Airborne Operations Center planes, which would allow the president to direct forces during a ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine has led to the long-term diversion of so many global flight paths, with commercial pilots forced to take longer routes to avoid Ukrainian and Russian airspace, that it has ...