A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it’s the first to do so—but it had some help. A $100 Billion Chip ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The F-89J became the Air Defense Command’s first fighter-interceptor to carry nuclear armament. The all-weather, twin-engine Northrop F-89 Scorpion was the first ...

The Edgar Percival E.P.9 is a visually distinctive 1950s aircraft characterized by its massive size, deep fuselage, elevated cockpit, and a cavernous passenger/cargo cabin, making it stand out from ...

When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, said they’d be lucky to sell a hundred. Out on the tarmac in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin’s Tony Frese, ...

It takes determination and a lot of hard work, in addition to a serious effort scrounging parts, to rebuild a classic military aircraft. Tucked away in a hangar at Birchwood Airport such a project ...

During the 50s the French attempted to build a unique plane with a circular wing that could take off vertically, but the iconic-looking aircraft was ultimately a disaster. During the 50s the French ...

When it was conceptually proposed by engineers at North American Aviation, the A-5 Vigilante seemed like it was going to be a ...

WASHINGTON -- Despite acquisition difficulties caused by an inter-service rivalry with the U.S. Air Force and the technological immaturity of the U.S. helicopter industrial sector, Army Aviation's ...

An 18-month NASA research effort to visualize the passenger airplanes of the future produced some ideas that at first glance appear to be out of an old 1950s aircraft magazine. Instead of exotic new ...

As Pratt & Whitney’s test pilot at Edwards AFB in the 1950s testing two very new supersonic fighters, we ran into (approximately) the same problem as Boeing’s 737 Max [“Some airlines ground 737 Max 8s ...

A decommissioned 1958 Lockheed Constellation, once used by TWA, was on display in Times Square over the weekend. Max Touhey When the hotel opens, it’ll celebrate TWA’s midcentury heyday with nifty ...