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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – You may one day board a plane where the wings will look very different. Future airplanes are ditching traditional wing design for something sleeker—long, thin wings braced with ...

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Chinese aerospace giant Comac has unveiled its plans for the C949, a supersonic aircraft designed to fly 50% farther than the Concorde and produce sonic booms quieter than a hairdryer. Scheduled to ...

Anduril is working on hypersonic strike systems and large air vehicles, pushing the company’s defense technology portfolio beyond subsonic cruise missiles and collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).