Project Pluto: The most insane missile America ever built
Ultimately, Project Pluto and its SLAM missile were canceled before ever leaving the ground.... Read more.
Navy cancels its Constellation-class frigates, fleet’s future remains uncertain
After eight years of development and billions of dollars invested, the Navy is cancelling its Constellation-class frigate program.... Read more.
Why F-35s can never really rust – and why it doesn’t matter if they do
The F-35 takes a very different approach to its RAM coatings than previous stealth jets like the F-22 Raptor or B-2 Spirit.... Read more.
Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate aircraft is still just a paper plane
According to recent reports, Russia’s vaporware stealth fighter, the Su-75 Checkmate, is finally heading for test flights.... Read more.
B-21 may be the first bomber in history with an AI copilot
This revelation points to a groundbreaking change to combat flight operations.... Read more.
How B-2 crews relieve themselves during globe-spanning missions
If you had to guess, how much urine would you think has to be unloaded from a B-2 bomber after one of its famous globe-spanning missions?... Read more.
America’s crazy flying aircraft carriers could have actually worked
A seemingly improbable concept that the U.S. has experimented with several times in the past is creating flying aircraft carriers.... Read more.
How America almost got hypersonic aircraft decades ago
Throughout a period of the Cold War, the United States seemed well on its way to fielding hypersonic aircraft .... Read more.
Super Tomcat: The 21st century F-14 that would still be flying today
The effort to modernize the F-14 began under the moniker "ST21," which, appropriately enough, stood for "Super Tomcat for the 21st Century."... Read more.
NASA’s had plans to use an F-15 to launch hypersonic Phoenix missiles
In the early 2000s, NASA came up with a plan to use the Air Force’s F-15 Eagle and the Navy’s famed AIM-54 Phoenix missile.... Read more.