A next-gen fighter promises a major leap in air power, but the F-47's shifting timelines raise tough questions about what ...

Bell’s D-188 was one of the most extreme American VTOL fighter concepts of the Cold War, combining eight engines, rotating ...

Adaptive cycle engines are specially designed to alternate between efficiency and raw power—extending an aircraft’s range without compromising on speed during engagements. The modern fighter jet is ...

Fighter jets perform poorly at their theoretical max speeds which is why they almost never fly at those speeds.

Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...

Discover India's landmark pact to manufacture F414 jet engines for Tejas Mk2 fighters. Learn more about this pivotal defense ...

Jet-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an approximately $3.8 billion contract modification from the U.S. military for additional work on F-35 fighter jets. The contract modification ...