Crunching the numbers of two defense aerospace juggernauts.

The history of military aviation is, in a few ways, a story of pushing speed to its limits.

Military aircraft have never been cheap, but the top tier exists in a class of its own. Stealth technology, exotic materials, mission-critical avionics, and decades of R&D have pushed the price of ...

Military aircraft are typically judged by specifications and engineering elegance. But sometimes combat history repeatedly shows that those measures can be misleading. Some aircraft entered service ...

As science fiction technology quickly continues becoming real, the U.S. military now has plans for an experimental plane ...

Many military aircraft remain operational decades past planned retirement due to replacement delays and unmatched capabilities. The A-10 and B-52 survived multiple retirement attempts because no newer ...