According to reports, the new engine incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) and can reach speeds of up to Mach 4. The engine and research behind it are part of China's quest to build fast ...

The U-2's old-style cameras still outperform other surveillance gear by delivering crisp images from above 70,000 feet The U-2 spy plane first became operational in 1956. Today the U.S. Air Force ...

but its legacy influenced future unmanned aerial surveillance technologies. On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a CIA U-2 spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. It was an ...

But let’s be honest, the real selling point here is its past life guiding U-2 spy planes at Air Force bases. That’s a story any future owner is bound to share (and we can’t say we’d blame ...

The spy plane then flew south of the inter-Korean ... for collecting data on ballistic missiles, in preparation for future North Korean weapon tests.

The Japan-based American spy planes are likely to continue their missions as the Chinese military deploys ships and aircraft around Taiwan for patrols and drills on a daily basis.

Ukraine's military says it has shot down a Russian military spy plane over the Sea of Azov, in what analysts say would be a blow to Moscow's air power. Army chief Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the ...

French warplanes and also tactical aircraft of the NATO allied forces joined the flights of US spy planes and drones, he said. "Not a single flight that they perform remains unnoticed and the Army ...