When the military tried to give soldiers personal flying platforms

In the 1950s the Navy and Army worked on small VTOL machines to make troops go airborne. They worked, just not well enough.
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X-62A VISTA: World’s only self-flying F-16 advances path to autonomous air combat

Lockheed Martin is using a modified F-16 fighter jet to teach artificial intelligence how to fly, maneuver, and eventually ...
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World's Only Self-Flying F-16 Fighting Falcon Gets Access to New Fire Control Radar

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-62A VISTA experimental and autonomous fighter jet to be fitted with the Raytheon ...

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We Test Coffee Makers All Year, and These Are the Best in Every Category

Whether you drink your coffee from a powdered instant packet or obsess over the bloom time in your Chemex, we are equally devoted to our brews. We've tested hundreds of categories over the years, from ...