In modern times, the aircraft carrier is one of the most important pieces of military equipment that a nation can field.

which meant folding wings. The aircraft's length would have been shorter than the A-6 but its width would have been close to the same. The Navy intended to purchase 620 airframes while the Marine ...

Airbus is well ahead of beleaguered Boeing in developing a 21st-century narrow-bodied aircraft; the US planemaker’s workhorse 737 is nearing its 60th birthday. Yet Europe’s folding wing of ...