Runways are undesirable locations for military aircraft. Being tied to miles of concrete gives jet aircraft a built-in vulnerability as well as restricting their flexibility. At sea, it is extremely ...

A fire truck spraying a rainbow-making flume of water marked one of the final steps toward retirement of a storied Marine Corps attack jet. The torrent above the AV-8B Harrier taxiing on the tarmac at ...

Some technologies, like smartphones, have a transformative impact on entire sectors of the economy and our everyday lives. Advances in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, are driving ...

The Harrier Jump Jet became the world’s first successful vertical takeoff and landing combat aircraft. Built around the revolutionary Pegasus engine, it could hover, take off without runways, and ...