The F-15 STOL/MTD, and later the F-15 ACTIVE, were among the most unusual Eagle variants ever built. Experimental platforms, ...

The story of the Sukhoi Su-37, the thrust-vectoring test aircraft that helped shape the future of Russian supermaneuverable ...

Thrust vectoring—essentially redirecting the plane’s exhaust flow—allows modern fighters to quickly change direction, giving them an edge in close combat. Thrust vectoring nozzles are one of the most ...

Orlando startup JetX is planning a configurable eVTOL "flying car" chassis, and testing a quiet, modular propulsion system that vectors thrust from bladed or bladeless fans without tilting them, ...

The Aero Engine Corporation of China displayed an engine with a 2D thrust vectoring nozzle during Airshow China 2022. The nozzle design appears intended to sustain manoeuvres at low speeds and at very ...

How the Viper side-stepped thrust-vectoring.

There’s a good chance you already saw SpaceX’s towering Starship prototype make its impressive twelve kilometer test flight. While the attempt ended with a spectacular fireball, it was still a ...

The cover of Aviation Week’s Nov. 14, 1994, issue shows Pratt & Whitney’s XTE-65/2 Joint Technology Demonstrator Engine running with a thrust-vectoring, thrust-reversing spherical convergent flap ...