If you travel fast enough past the speed of sound, you enter hypersonic territory, but attaining those speeds comes with a ...
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Does Speed Still Matter for Fighter Jets?

The days of fighter jets outrunning ground defenses are long since past, and new aerial innovations are focused on stealth ...
The faster the fighter jet the better — or so you would think. The truth is, in some cases, jets are easier to track the ...
Military technology continues to advance, and that goes for the fighter jets, too. Here are the most powerful fighter jets ever made.
Türkiye has achieved a major milestone in unmanned combat aviation as Baykar’s Bayraktar Kızılelma supersonic unmanned ...
The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...
This will help in keeping the upgraded and cost-effective strike bombers operationally ready, as global production of Jaguar ...
F-16 continues to be the most popular fighter plane in 2025, with a presence in over a score of air forces and a renewed role ...
Argentina's far-right President Javier Milei on Saturday welcomed six US-made F-16 fighter jets purchased from Denmark, ...
Swedish Air Force identified Russian bombers during a patrol over the Baltic Sea, showcasing ongoing NATO air policing ...
NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers to travel faster than the speed of sound. The X-59 aircraft soared Tuesday ...