A Mistake?: The Ford-class aircraft carrier’s $13 billion price tag stems from advanced technologies like the EMALS catapult, designed to launch diverse aircraft faster and more smoothly than ...

Just Not Replaceable? The U.S. Navy is extending the service life of its aging Nimitz-class aircraft carriers due to delays in commissioning new Ford-class carriers. The Nimitz-class vessels, first ...

Article Summary - China is churning out aircraft carriers at high speed, moving from Soviet-style ski-jump decks on Liaoning and Shandong to the CATOBAR-capable Fujian, with a nuclear supercarrier now ...

Whether you're a novice getting your PPL, an experienced pilot with thousands of hours of flight time, or an avid simmer, you're probably familiar with the basics of aircraft weight and balance.

While they don't get the most attention from the public, the U.S. military's intelligence collection assets are what keep commanders informed and troops on the ground safe from unseen enemies. The U.S ...

When you're onboard what is essentially a massive floating city, isolated in the middle of the ocean, logistics like resupply can be a massive nightmare. Refueling is also staggeringly expensive. A ...

When people think of the U.S. Air Force's attack-capable aircraft, they likely consider its fighters, which get all the press. But there's more to the Air Force than the F-22, F-35A, and other fighter ...

A year ago, Herakles (Safran) achieved a world first in commercial aircraft design when it developed an engine fitted with an exit cone made from ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), new variants of ...

A breakdown explaining different pilot certifications and types of aircraft.