Military weapons are often introduced with bold promises like greater efficiency, revolutionary design, and battlefield dominance on paper. But war has a way of stripping those promises down to their ...

The MiG-21 emerged from fierce Soviet design competition to become the most produced supersonic jet fighter in history. Fast, lightweight, and simple, it proved deadly in conflicts from Vietnam to the ...

The 1980s was the last decade to witness air-to-air combat on a large scale, and the fighters of this age were impressively capable machines. Advances in radar, missile and human-machine interface ...

Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft aims for certification for IFR operation and "flight into known icing conditions (FIKI)," a key differentiator from most competitors. This ...

Joby Aviation (JOBY) -- in partnership with defense contractor L3Harris Technologies (LHX) -- has completed a test fight of a hybrid autonomous VTOL defense aircraft using Joby’s SuperPilot autonomy ...

Boeing’s Collaborative Combat Rotorcraft (CCR) is one adaptation of Boeing’s Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft (CxR) – a modular, unmanned, multi-mission autonomous tiltrotor concept. Boeing ...

No audio available for this content. Drone-maker Orkid has unveiled a new variant of its Orkid 260 drone that incorporates four technologies to improve aerial data-capture technology. According to the ...

On September 26, 2025, the Indian Air Force retired its last Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Bison fighter jets after more than 60 years of active service. This fast and nimble Soviet-designed fighter was for ...

Today the IAF phased out the MiG-21 Bison after a 62-year-long career, spanning two thirds of the air force’s total lifespan. The MiG-21 is often thought of as synonymous with the Indian Air Force, ...

Chandigarh: The Chief of Air Force, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, on Friday took the last flight of the iconic fighter jet MIG-21 for the Chandigarh airbase as the aircraft fleet was decommissioned ...