With a wingspan of 1,120 feet, the Lockheed CL-1201 would have been the largest aircraft ever designed. Oh, and it would have been nuclear-powered .

The Lockheed CL-1201 was an ambitious concept for the largest aircraft ever designed, featuring a 1,000-foot wingspan, a nuclear reactor, and the capacity to deploy 24 fighter jets. Envisioned as ...

Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman is moving more into producing more unmanned systems (the only manned combat aircraft it is producing is the new B-21 Raider, a stealth strategic bomber). Instead of ...

While commercial aircraft manufacturing is dominated by two big players, Boeing and Airbus, the engine industry has a similarly small playing field. Four big companies make up 99% of the global aero ...