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Since the first flight, the American aviation has been characterized by innovative boldness and unstopping ambition. What started with mere experimentation has grown to be a history of engineering ...

Most sixth-gen fighter concepts have been tailless deltas, and China is pursuing that planform, but Boeing's F-47 went a very ...

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A video for the 80th anniversary of the Skunk Works shows, through renderings and sketches, the past, the present and the future of the secretive division of Lockheed Martin. To celebrate 80 years of ...

Swedish engineer Christian von Koenigsegg, CEO of Koenigsegg, is one of the great polymathic minds of the automotive industry. Most engineers would find production hypercar development and ...

Supersonic successor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' new design for a quiet supersonic passenger airplane draws on its work with NASA on the X-59.

Since the first days of humanity's venture into the skies, aircraft designers have tried numerous designs and features. The history of air travel is filled with all manner of unusual aircraft, from ...

Modern general aviation aircraft designs significantly prioritize safety, moving beyond older designs by incorporating numerous active and passive features. **Active safety** elements are designed to ...

The aviation industry is changing fast. From increasing scrutiny of the carbon footprint numbers to the rise of eVTOL projects, like CityAirbus NextGen and the Lilium Jet, the pace of innovation has ...

If you've ever flown in an airplane, chances are you've asked yourself why all commercial aircraft have rounded or ...