After the U.S. Air Force selected the F-47, DARPA disclosed that Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built a demonstrator aircraft for NGAD, which first flew in 2019 and 2022. In another bit of ...

While X-Plane 12 makes weather enticing to fly in, I find the active, or live thermals are still not up to snuff compared to MSFS2020. Their new thermal model really knocks you around, and ...

The X-plane features a sleek composite exterior and a low-drag, blended-wing body. Aurora said three lift fans have been incorporated into the wings to enable vertical flight.

NASA's latest experimental X-plane has received a name. The United States Air Force has designated the plane, designed in conjunction with Boeing through NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator ...

NASA’s newest X-plane wants to save the planet. The space agency has a plan to “skip a generation” of passenger aircraft design to fight climate change.

X-Plane 12.0 was released just in time for the holidays, and it's already gaining rapid use in the aviation community. [Screenshot] Learning to fly an airplane can be compared to learning to play ...

Here is what to expect from X-Plane 12 when the game launches on PC, Mac, and Linux in December: Volumetric 3D Clouds; Physics-Based Photometric Lighting Model; ...

X-Plane 12 includes 18 unique aircraft models and detailed 3D scenery for more than 17,000 airports around the world. X-Plane 12 will be released in December 2022 on PC, Mac, and Linux.

Northrop Grumman has released a photo of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) XRQ-73 stealth drone X-plane that it has built for DARPA and is expected to fly by ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has updated the design of its Liberty Lifter seaborne military heavy-lift transport – a highly efficient X-plane the company is developing for DARPA that achieves bulk ...