Carrier-based flying-wing aircraft face a critical challenge: their radical design, which eliminates traditional tail sections for stealth and aerodynamic efficiency, makes precise landings difficult.

The Xpeng Land Aircraft Carrier is a modular ... eVTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) that rolls out from the back. Mark had a chance to sit in the cockpit of this exciting combo that's coming ...

In fact, the new RFI now states that “the UJTS air vehicle will only be required to conduct Field Carrier Landing ... for the cockpit configuration, the service is requesting an aircraft with ...

China is developing an advanced control system aimed at enabling the safe and accurate landing of its sixth-generation stealth fighter, the J-36, on moving aircraft carriers. According to a research ...

On April 22, 1996, over the rolling gray waters of the Atlantic Ocean, two U.S. Navy fighter jets collided mid-air in a ...

Consider the largest of these hulking ships, America’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier ... which is optimized for carrier landings. Given maturing drone technology, it’s a question ...

A race is on to build a revolutionary new class of ship: Drone aircraft carriers. Tech advances suggest ... and manned short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) jets — specifically American ...

The designers of China’s J-36 stealth fighter are working on a computer system that will help pilots achieve the difficult and dangerous manoeuvre of landing a sixth-generation jet on a moving ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Navy has monitored the presence of the Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) and another People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy vessel in the Philippine Sea in the ...