Interesting Engineering on MSN

Flying in first person: New RC aircraft brings first-person cockpit views to pilots

Flywing built the X-Wing Fighter as a VTOL aircraft centered on first-person flight. A forward-facing camera streams live ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

X-62A VISTA: World’s only self-flying F-16 advances path to autonomous air combat

Lockheed Martin is using a modified F-16 fighter jet to teach artificial intelligence how to fly, maneuver, and eventually ...
The National Interest

What Does “Fly by Wire” Actually Mean—and Why Does It Matter to Fighter Jets?

Because of their many redundancies, electronic fly-by-wire controls are actually far safer than traditional hydraulic ones. Any pilot who has ever done a pre-flight check on a Cessna or a Bonanza ...
Supercar Blondie on MSN

Flying $70,000 giant RC fighter jets

Jet Power in Germany is one of the biggest RC jet plane events in the world, so we went to check out some of the biggest, ...
autoevolution

World's Only Self-Flying F-16 Fighting Falcon Gets Access to New Fire Control Radar

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-62A VISTA experimental and autonomous fighter jet to be fitted with the Raytheon ...
Newsweek

Exclusive: Photos Show New Flying Drone That Could Accompany Next-Gen Jets

New photos released to Newsweek offer a glimpse at a new aerial drone that is designed to fly alongside advanced fighter jets. The images, which have not previously been publicly available, are the ...