German startup Polaris has been commissioned to build a spaceplane with a capacity for 1-ton payloads by 2028.

This is a separate project from JetZero's blended wing demonstrator intended as a military transport and refueling aircraft.

DARPA is leaving it up to companies to decide whether their aircraft should be crewed, uncrewed or able to fly autonomously. Four companies - Boeing subsidiary Aurora, Bell Textron, Northrop ...

“Bluntly, what this study told us, we tried a whole bunch of different options and there was no more viable option than NGAD ...

The upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere could play a bigger role in shaping the northern lights than previously thought, ...

In 2019, the company known for its Predator and Reaper drones reached a production peak of around eight and a half aircraft ...

It may just be symbolic, but we are telling the world we are leaning into a new chapter of aerial warfare," said Chief of ...

Frontier was made available to researchers in 2022, Aurora was made available to researchers last month. Engineers are studying the aerodynamics of an Open Fan engine mounted on an aircraft wing in ...

Mission-capable rates for the Air Force’s Ospreys were at about 51% in 2021, but by 2023 plunged to 46% and then to 30% in 2024. The Osprey, which is also flown by the Navy and Marine Corps, has been ...