The F-22 Raptor shook the aviation world when it first took to the skies in 1997. Widely considered the world’s first ...

a conventional-takeoff-and-landing (CTOL) variant for the U.S. Air Force, an aircraft-carrier version (CV) for the U.S. Navy, and a short-takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version for the U.S ...

Short Takeoff, Shorter Landing The 2010 Valdez STOL competition in Valdez, Alaska, was a challenge for judges. They must measure the length of runway used for taking off and for stopping not much ...

The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and features a vertical lift fan and pivoting engine nozzle to deliver vertical landing and short takeoff capability ...

Spain is the latest nation to look at introducing carrier-based drones, which it plans to integrate on its sole aircraft ...

The new Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft allows UAS operations on a variety of vessels, including aircraft ...

Full-fledged aircraft carriers are essentially short runways on the water ... They can also be retrofitted to accommodate ...