The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

A closer look at the arms race for the smartest warbirds.

Kaveri 2.0 is the next-generation version of India’s indigenous jet engine programme, developed by the GTRE under the DRDO.

GE Aerospace in Cincinnati is using a 747 aircraft as a flying laboratory to test jet engines under extreme conditions, ...

Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...

The US Department of War’s most recent report on Chinese military capabilities highlights significant airpower advances. The report, published annually, offers general updates about Chinese military ...

Fighter jets perform poorly at their theoretical max speeds which is why they almost never fly at those speeds.