Scientists in China are working on a system that will help pilots of the sixth-generation J-36 stealth jet fighter land ...

Chengdu engineers achieve uncanny precision in extreme weather with system that shares control with pilot, study said The ...

In the case of aircraft carriers ... which is optimized for carrier landings. Given maturing drone technology, it’s a question of when, not if combat-capable unmanned aerial vehicles will ...

The only road in or out, so to speak, is the C-2, landing and lifting off with care packages of up to 10,000 pounds or 28 people at a time. Whenever a U.S. aircraft carrier leaves port ...

which allows new pilots to train on land bases for the entire approach and landing maneuver as performed on the aircraft carrier, just short of the arrested landing. With the new requirement ...

To imagine landing on an aircraft carrier, picture falling 70 stories toward the ocean each minute with nothing but a glorified traffic light to tell you if you’re on track to snag an arresting ...

The Navy's F-35C has larger wings than the Air Force's F-35A and landing gear better suited for the stress of aircraft carrier landings and takeoffs. Despite using the same airframe as the Super ...

Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

Drone carriers are a relatively new concept ... With no crewed short-landing and take-off aircraft in Chinese service, there is little doubt that Sichuan's air wing is meant to be mostly unmanned.