An unidentified aircraft resembling the SR-71 Blackbird appeared in Jared Isaacman's All-In Summit presentation. Asked ...

Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has teased a mysterious X-plane concept resembling the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, hinting ...

The first reveal of NASA's X-59 supersonic plane onstage at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. Credit: NASA / YouTube Over a half-century ago, the U.S. banned commercial ...

Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025, an ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Boeing and its research subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences have unveiled ...

The scaled-down, cheaper approach used to develop the Aurora Flight Sciences X-65 is typical of a new DARPA management strategy focused on getting new X-planes into flight test. Credit: Aurora Flight ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has advanced to the next design phase for its DARPA SPRINT/X-Plane experimental vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, receiving a significant $25 million contract ...

Aviation, as humanity has been experiencing for the past 120 years or so, means an aircraft needs engines to take off and fly, wings to keep it in the air, and physical control surfaces (stabilizers, ...

DARPA has initiated an effort to build a new, stealthy spy plane. Unlike other aircraft, this X-plane will feature a hybrid electric propulsion system. The XRQ-73 will be much quieter than traditional ...

Bell's revolutionary X-plane rotorcraft has received the green light to progress to the building and testing of a demonstrator aircraft. DARPA has down-selected the craft to move to Phase 2 of the ...