Military aircraft are a little bit like sports cars. Form follows function to make something utterly striking, regardless of whether beauty has any tactically relevant advantage. But form must follow ...

They say that you should never judge a book by its cover, but this is also true in the world of technology. Some devices look sleek, aesthetically pleasing and boast a range of color options.

In 1996, the Tacit Blue technology demonstrator was revealed to the public. The airframe was highly unusual. Nicknamed “the whale” or “alien school bus,” Tacit Blue looked like, well a tissue box.

Nominated by the staff of the Air Force Flight Test Center History Office at California's Edwards Air Force Base. An experimental stealth technology demonstrator flown in the mid-1980s, Tacit Blue's ...

While a Northrop official described the Tacit Blue as one of the most unstable aircraft ever flown, its data aided in the development of several weapon systems. FLYING is the definitive voice of ...