L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been awarded a $10,533,380 firm-fixed-priced contract for F/A-18 aircraft altitude indicators. This was a sole-source acquisition using ...

Any good bike ride should have a big climb to push your fitness, and a nice descent for the joy of careening down at high speed. [Glen Akins] has been recording his altitude during his mountain biking ...

Aircraft have a lot of necessary tools required to fly, including an altimeter that keeps track of how high they are. However, pilots must use several different types of altitude readings for ...

The world's largest flying aircraft has reached new heights, with Stratolaunch today completing the seventh test flight of its gigantic Roc carrier plane and logging a record altitude for the huge ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series, “Stuck on Denial,” which looks at the U.S. Air Force and its use of stealth technology. Read the first part here. On the night of May 16, 1943, ...