Right now, the F-22A and the Russian Sukhoi Su-37 and Su-30MKI (flying with the Indian air force) are the only fighter aircraft with two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles. More sophisticated ...

The upshot is that you can super-quickly vector the thrust the Cyclorotor produces, with 360-degree freedom – and when you're talking about VTOL aircraft that need to adjust thrust across ...

Now, however, nations are moving ahead with the sixth generation of combat jets. In the past few months, China has flown its ...

Most fighter jets are built for speed and agility—but one aircraft pushed the limits with a feature almost no one saw coming: reverse thrust. Capable of flying backward in mid-air, this jet stunned ...

Austrian aviation company CycloTech is preparing to test a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft ...

In 1972, he began marketing his design: an eight-place vertical/short-takeoff-and-landing jet with vectored thrust ... military conflicts will depend on aircraft that land and take off without ...

Fly without wings or propellers? One team just made it happen—this breakthrough could forever change how we take to the skies.

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Paul’s expertise includes over 15 years of test experience on all marks of Harrier along with pioneering research on Short/Vertical Take-Off and Landing (SVTOL/VTOL) digital flight control systems, ...