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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has long been the source for some of the world's most amazing aircraft, and its newest one is keeping that trend going. On March 9, 2026, DARPA ...

This mixed-design aircraft created its own record just two months after its first flight. In just seven flights and about nine hours of flight tests, it has nearly completed its flight envelope, which ...

The Air Force has tested a lot of interesting and unique technology, but some just don’t make the cut. For […] ...

From the Wright Flyer's first flight in 1903 to 2026 and beyond, U.S.-designed aircraft have been setting and break flight records for over a century.

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On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 proved the sound barrier was surmountable and ushered in an era of ...