But the variable-sweep wing design seems to have gone out of fashion most recently. As the name suggests, “variable-sweep” wings are aircraft wings that can be adjusted to different degrees of ...

A closer look at the reasoning behind the plane's iconic swing-wing mechanism.

Su-24 is primarily a low-flying, medium-range attack & ground support aircraft. Su-24 can destroy ground & surface targets in any weather, by day and night. A conventional aerodynamic configuration ...

The role of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has expanded rapidly in both military and civilian circles over the past decade and although most designs to date are miniature versions of conventional ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The X-5 was likely the world’s first airplane that incorporated variable-sweep wing technology. The X-5 was likely the world’s first airplane that incorporated ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is continuing its tradition of looking into some weird and wonderful designs with three "new" concepts They look familiar because they are concepts ...

Can Northrop build an oblique flying wing X-plane and revolutionise the design of long-range strike aircraft? DARPA has given it a chance to find out An aircraft that can loiter like a Global Hawk, ...