The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Patuxent River completed a key tactical demonstration showing F-35 ...
After a protracted campaign to get its hands on F-16s, a Ukrainian pilot details how the jets are now a critical part of the ...
NAWCAD hosts dozens of squadrons and hundreds of pilots annually, fostering joint and international collaboration in advanced ...
Post-stall maneuvering” gives a plane excellent maneuverability—but the equipment needed to boost it comes with tradeoffs, as ...
Lockheed Martin is using a modified F-16 fighter jet to teach artificial intelligence how to fly, maneuver, and eventually ...
The development of autonomous pilots is moving faster than the Air Force had expected, as a flight last month showed.
Russia has always placed a doctrinal emphasis on extreme maneuverability, usually at the expense of certain stealth features.
An Indonesian air force test pilot has conducted a sortie in the developmental Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter, signalling that Jakarta remains attached to the type amid its apparent ...
A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off vertically without runways, accelerating the Pentagon's push toward a future ...
This spring, 60 Minutes got the media's first look at "Fury," a jet with no cockpit and no pilot, built by the defense-tech startup Anduril. Now, this futuristic fighter has taken a very real step ...
Spain has finalized a 2.6 billion euros ($3.06 billion) agreement that covers a package of 30 units of Türkiye's advanced jet ...
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Why Do Fighter Jet Canopies Look So Weird?

As time has gone on, innovations in fighter jet technology have made “bubble cockpits” steadily more useful to pilots—and more expensive to maintain.