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The B-52’s digital rebuild turns a Cold War bomber into a hypersonic testbed

The B-52 has always solved one problem by becoming something new. Now it is doing it again, this time through software, ...
The Aviationist

A Closer Look at Scaled Composites’ Proteus and Sierra Experimental Aircraft

The Model 281 Proteus and Model 401 Sierra were on static display at Nellis Air Force Base for Aviation Nation 2025. Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, hosted the Aviation Nation 2025 airshow on Apr. 5-6, ...
CompositesWorld

Scaled Composites Model 437 aircraft to be flown for Beacon autonomy testbed

Northrop Grumman (Falls Church, Va., U.S.) has announced it will use the Model 437 aircraft built by subsidiary Scaled Composites (Mojave, Calif., U.S.) to test its Beacon autonomy ecosystem this year ...
The National Interest

Convair B-36 Peacemaker: Meet the Biggest Bomber Ever Built

Keeping the Peace With the B-36 – The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is the largest bomber in service with the United States Air Force today. However, it isn’t actually the largest bomber ever built! That ...