The Aliens film series and the mythology they build are science fiction gold. From the settings, planets, people and even to the ships the bring this futuristic world to life. Each one has its part to ...

Inside the Navy’s test basins, ship models are dragged, flooded with waves, and even self-propelled to reveal how their full-sized counterparts will behave at sea. Freshwater is used to avoid ...

The US Navy maintains an indoor ocean capable of simulating some of the world’s worst weather conditions, even with waves only four feet tall. These tests rely on scale models, which highlight design ...