In the early 1950s, the U.S. Navy needed a carrier-based aircraft that could take off without the help of a catapult. What came out of that order was an Air Force plane with a propeller that spun ...

Simple Flying provides a round-up of some of US military aviation's most notable experimental aircraft. These X-planes have forever changed flying! The Bell X-1 left an indelible mark on both the ...

The X-47B experimental aircraft took off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland before approaching the USS George H.W. Bush, which is operating off the coast of Virginia.

Navy catapults experimental bat-winged drone into flight [Video] ... On Monday, an X-47B was hoisted aboard the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, ...

The U.S. Navy should convert USS Nimitz, the fleet’s oldest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, into a test ship once the flattop decommissions in the mid-2020s.

The U.S. Navy Could Have Had a Submarine Aircraft Carrier AN-1 would have carried eight fighter jets, had virtually unlimited range. By Kyle Mizokami Updated: Nov 21, 2018 9:13 AM EST ...

Scientist, aviators and military strategists have worked on creating useful jet aircraft since the 1930s, but it was the Cold War that saw the greatest number of jet experiments.

The X-47B experimental aircraft took off from Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland before approaching the USS George H.W. Bush, which was operating about 70 miles off the coast of Virginia.

When the British experimental jet fighter touched down on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ocean nearly eight decades ago, it wasn't just a historic landing — it was a giant leap in naval ...