Turkish Bayraktar Kızılelma drone makes history by destroying a supersonic target with air-to-air missile, marking first fully autonomous kill chain.

From Cold War origins to today’s high-tech battlefields, the AIM-9 Sidewinder became the missile that defined close-range air combat. This overview follows its evolution, breakthrough engineering, ...

Fighter aircraft have always been the cutting edge of air combat. Whether they were ripping through the skies of Europe in World War II or patrolling the airspace in today’s contested zones, these ...

The F-15 Eagle—designed by McDonnell Douglas and fielded in 1976—has anchored U.S. and allied air superiority for nearly five decades Its combat reputation is unmatched: the Eagle community is ...

That autonomous fighter jet from DARPA is so 2023 that the agency is already well into a bid to give future combat jets autonomy for multi-ship missions over the horizon.… DARPA's Artificial ...

The PhantomStrike AESA radar will be integrated on the U.S. Air Force’s X-62 VISTA as part of the recently announced Mission Systems Upgrade to expand autonomy testing. The U.S. Air Force’s X-62 ...

The X-62 Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft will incorporate advanced radar and sensor integration to allow autonomy testing in more complex scenarios. The U.S. Air Force has ...