Spy aircraft typically have the highest operational ceiling, although these values, and often the aircraft themselves, are classified.

It’s a rare opportunity indeed to take a flight to above 70,000 feet. It’s even rarer to do that in the venerable U-2 spy ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was one of the most extraordinary aircraft ever to take to the skies. The plane was a long-range ...

The U-2 costs more and more to fly, is extremely demanding of its pilots, and is no longer essential for intelligence collection with the advent of drones and satellites. The U-2 Dragon Lady is ...

Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star - 51168245834© "Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star - 51168245834" by Eric Friedebach is licensed under BY 2.0. Aviation saw massive developments during the Second ...

Kenyan John Korir ran the fastest time in the Boston Marathon’s 130-year history to repeat as champion of the world’s oldest annual 26.2-mile race. Korir clocked 2 hours, 1 minute, 52 seconds, to ...

A UPS cargo jet aborted its landing Tuesday at a Kentucky airport to avoid another aircraft on the runway, according to reports about a close call at the same airport where a deadly crash occurred ...

If you’re out of work and happen to be looking for a career change, Lockheed Martin is hiring. The only catch is, you have to be a highly skilled airplane pilot who enjoys dancing with death. That’s ...

NASHVILLE—The Army’s next-generation spy plane will begin flight tests this summer, then be delivered to the first units later this year—two years after the Army awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation $1 ...

CNBC's "Squawk Box" team discusses demand for private aviation with Bond CEO Bill Papariella. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC ...

The Denza Z9 GT is the world's fastest car—fastest at charging, that is. It's by no means slow in speed (we'll get to that), and it is packed to the brim with bleeding-edge tech (we'll get to that, ...

After a record-setting trip, the Artemis II moon mission will come to an end on Friday, April 10 with a planned splashdown off the California coast. The mission set a record for humanity's greatest ...