How the T-38 Talon became America's first supersonic trainer, shaping USAF pilot training and NASA astronaut missions for six decades.

Several electric air taxi makers received approval to test prototypes in Florida and other states as part of a national inititive to jumpstart the battery-powered aircraft industry.

The FAA launched a pilot program for use of air taxis to allow for real-world testing of what it calls "an exciting window into the future of aviation." ...

US regulators have approved eight pilot programs across 26 states that will allow Archer, Joby and other eVTOL companies to finally start testing aircraft this summer, according to a US Department of ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has advanced development of the X-76 experimental aircraft under its SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies, or SPRINT, program. DARPA said Monday ...

There's a new X-plane in town. Bell Textron's tilt-rotor aircraft being built for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, which aims to combine the features of a helicopter ...

Bell's developmental SPRINT-X aircraft has been designated X-76 after completing its critical design review, clearing the way for construction of a demonstrator that DARPA expects to fly in early 2028 ...

In military aviation, the runway has always been a tether. It provides the distance ...

Three-year trials of electric air taxis, autonomous aircraft, and other aviation technologies will be conducted.

The U.S. Air Force officially retired the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft in 2008, yet the angular, radar-evading jets keep appearing in the skies over Nevada. Far from a bureaucratic ...

DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft aims to combine helicopter flexibility with jet-like speeds and runway-independent flight.