In the early 1990s, NASA began a new project to determine how engines and flight controls could work together to improve airplane performance. The program, called Advanced Controls Technology for ...

How the Viper side-stepped thrust-vectoring.

While Moscow has determined who will build the Sukhoi Su-35 engine, a bigger prize still looms. The Ufa Engine Production Plant (UMPO) is to manufacture 96 Lyulka-Saturn AL-41F-1S ...

Thrust vectoring—essentially redirecting the plane’s exhaust flow—allows modern fighters to quickly change direction, giving them an edge in close combat. Thrust vectoring nozzles are one of the most ...