Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant.

Meet the Grumman X‑29 - an experimental jet built in the 1980s with forward‑swept wings that looked like they were stuck on backwards. Flying first in December 1984, its design was so aerodynamically ...

The event also marked the launch of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) third Tejas production line and a new HTT-40 trainer line.

The F-15EX Eagle II is Boeing's modernized, two-seat, twin-engine fourth-generation fighter jet, with advanced avionics, digital fly-by-wire controls, APG-82 radar, and an improved electronic warfare ...