Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?

The R&D zone within an aircraft factory is often shrouded in mystery, bearing top secret fruit. But some of the most innovative technologies to streak through the skies have sprung from collaborations ...

US industry is pushing for government funding of more X-vehicle experimental programmes in a drive to maintain its technological edge in aerospace From the X-1 to the X-50, over a span of 56 years, ...

There's a new X-plane in town. Bell Textron's tilt-rotor aircraft being built for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, which aims to combine the features of a helicopter ...

An unidentified aircraft resembling the SR-71 Blackbird appeared in Jared Isaacman's All-In Summit presentation. Asked whether it was an SR-71, the NASA administrator cryptically replied: “You sure ...

Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025, an ...

A thermal image captured near Area 51 allegedly shows a previously unseen next-generation aircraft design with cranked-kite wings and canards, which is now spurring many theories online. Groom Lake, ...

Aviation Week editors discuss the state of X-planes, how they have historically performed and what challenge the next X-plane program should take on. Don't miss a single episode of the award-winning ...

The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft may ...

One major contender in this race is Bell with its X-plane that looks something like a Bell Boeing Osprey with the sort of hidden feature one would expect from a Transformer toy. After take off, the ...