As of January, nearly 1,300 F-35 stealth fighter jets have been delivered to the U.S. and its allies and partners.

When aviation enthusiasts saw a new Boeing 747 variant roll out of the Everett factory in 1975, many did a double-take. From head-on, it had the familiar hump and four engines of the “Queen of the ...

That's because the ideal aircraft fuselage should be a seamless cylinder. Putting in windows violates the structural integrity of the hull, producing weak spots where stresses can concentrate. They ...