In 2018, a Kuwaiti Air Force pilot flying an F/A-18 Hornet experienced a sudden and dramatic jolt when his aircraft was ...

The English Electric Lightning was Britain's first supersonic jet fighter. But it was more than just a test-bed plane designed to break the sound barrier; it's also a plane with a long and storied ...

The F-35 is a true quarterback of the skies due to its unsurpassed interconnectivity capabilities. The F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet fleet achieved a major milestone this month, after its ...

A state-of-the-art Royal Navy stealth fighter worth £80m has been stranded at an airport in southern India for more than 10 days after it was forced to make an emergency landing. The F-35B Lightning ...

MOSCOW -- The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...

Aurora, IL, November 6, 2009 — Lightning strike tests of a helicopter at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility have verified the accuracy of finite element analysis techniques for characterizing the ...

Developing a next-generation fighter aircraft is a decades-long endeavor. The evolving nature of technological advancement and real-world needs means that a successful fighter will receive years of ...