Would a few thousand pounds of thrust or a square meter of radar cross section win the next great air battle? In the Pacific’s contested skies, the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and China’s Chengdu J-20 ...

Born from the J-XX effort, China’s J-20 has matured into Beijing’s centerpiece air-dominance jet. The latest J-20A pairs ...

Fluidic thrust vectoring and control refer to a suite of aerodynamic techniques that achieve directional control of engine thrust by modulating the flow field through the injection of secondary ...

The Aero Engine Corporation of China displayed an engine with a 2D thrust vectoring nozzle during Airshow China 2022. The nozzle design appears intended to sustain manoeuvres at low speeds and at very ...

Developed at the peak of the Cold War, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was designed to compete against a Soviet fighter American military officials believed was all but unbeatable. America’s Defense ...

Russia has engines with thrust vectoring for its most recent non-stealth fighters but has not been able to perfect a more powerful engine with that feature for the stealthy Su-57. If China gets there ...

Despite a popular focus on stealth – and to a lesser extent, data fusion – in today’s fighters, America’s turbofan advantage is just as valuable in setting American fighters apart through a ...

The Harrier Jump Jet's development began in the 1960s with aeronautical engineers Ralph Hooper and John William Fozard among those at the project's helm.

As one of the world's most powerful fighter aircraft currently in service, the F-22 Raptor is a marvel of technological achievement. Made from some of the most advanced and durable metals and material ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has temporarily called off engine deliveries for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet after a crash last month at a military base in Texas, officials said Wednesday. The F-35 ...