India’s scramjet success proves hypersonic strength, but turbine complexity keeps fighter engines a tough challenge.

Snow, altitude, and a brand-new jet engine put MonsterMax through its first real away-game test. We ship the truck to Utah, bolt the big tires on with a crane, and try to crawl, plow, and finally ...

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...