The Chinese are not bashful when it comes to showing off new military airplanes. The Chinese air force conducts performances at air shows, displays gleaming new prototypes at expos, or simply flies ...

More than 60 years after it graced the skies for the first time, Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest manned plane ever developed. With the ability to hit a maximum speed of 2,193 miles per ...

Hypersonic vehicles have become the latest military prestige technology, and the US seems to be lagging its rivals. That could change after the successful flight of an autonomous and reusable ...

Synopsis: The X-20 Dyna-Soar was a Cold War-era attempt to build a reusable, piloted, winged spaceplane that could ride a booster into space, “skip” along the edge of the atmosphere at hypersonic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a step that could bolster the U.S.'s hypersonic weapons push, the Pentagon on Monday confirmed the second successful test of a ...

With their powerful engines and aerodynamic frames, the following aircraft represent the pinnacle of fighter jet technology in terms of speed and performance. During the Cold War, the United States ...

The week began with a pretty big piece of news for the aviation industry: airplane maker Gulfstream, one of the biggest players in the business jet segment, announced the arrival of the G300, a ...