Aviation is inseparably linked to the chase of speed. Since the first days of the powered flight, engineers and pilots have ...

Speed has always been one of the biggest advantages in warfare. From the early days of jet engines to Cold War arms races, nations pushed aircraft to fly faster and higher than ever thought possible.

Hermeus' remotely piloted high-speed aircraft, Quarterhorse, flew for the first time on May 21. (Hermeus) Hermeus, a venture capital-backed firm building high-speed aircraft, flew its Quarterhorse ...

Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is the hallmark of a great fighter jet. People tend to associate raw speed ...

The fastest military aircraft ever built—from the SR-71 Blackbird to the MiG-25 Foxbat—were designed during the Cold War to outrun missiles, evade defenses, and intercept threats at extreme speeds ...

PARIS, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bombardier is proud to announce that its flagship aircraft, the Global 7500, has set a new speed record on a mission departing from Pierre Elliott Trudeau ...

It's fairly common knowledge that when a supersonic aircraft approaches the sound barrier, what follows is the sonic boom. This transitory period between subsonic and supersonic, known as transonic ...

The Army’s MV-75 tiltrotor aircraft will replace the Black Hawk, offering greater speed, range, and flexibility for modern long-distance combat operations.

Wind tunnel tests focused on low-speed handling of Aurora fan-in-wing blended wing body VTOL configuration. Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences has completed low-speed wind tunnel ...