In the 1950s, East Germany desired a new airliner, so Brunolf Baade, a wartime bomber designer, responded with a futuristic design. It was dubbed the Type 152 and based on the EF 150 bomber concept he ...

NATO’s reputation for cutting-edge airpower masks a roster of troubled jets that stumbled through the jet age’s steep learning curve. -The F-104 Starfighter excelled at speed yet suffered lethal ...

It seems like autonomous aircraft makers are indulging in a bit of oneupsmanship as Shield AI rolls out its X-BAT VTOL Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that combines the ability to land and take ...

On this day, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its 249th birthday, marking nearly two and a half centuries of ...

An artist's rendering of the X-BAT that Shield AI is developing to be a runway-independent unmanned VTOL strike jet. (Shield AI) US company Shield AI is developing an unmanned vertical take-off and ...

Shield AI has revealed the X-BAT, a vertical take-off stealth jet designed for runway-free operations and powered by the firm’s Hivemind AI pilot. U.S. defense technology company Shield AI has ...

Autonomy start-up Shield AI is expanding its tactical portfolio to include jet-powered aircraft. The San Diego-headquartered firm on 22 October revealed a new vertical take-off and landing ...

A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off vertically without runways, accelerating the Pentagon's push toward a future ...

Expectation bias played a role in a Raytheon Hawker 850XP crew’s decision to take off without clearance from Houston, before the jet collided at an intersection with a landing Textron Aviation ...

Back before Blade Runner captured our imaginations, sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury envisioned small personal helicopters that people would use to commute around the cities of the future. Well, the Janus-1 ...

Shield AI, the software-focused company known for its widely used Hivemind autonomy system, plans to enter into the world of high-end aircraft development with an uncrewed fighter it calls X-BAT. The ...