An F-15 ACTIVE soars over the Mojave desert during ... NASA was flight testing the new thrust-vectoring concept on the F-15 research aircraft to improve performance and aircraft control.

A unique F-15 research airframe (F-15 ACTIVE) was used to develop is used to develop the amazing thrust vectoring technology used today.

Thrust vector controls allow the pilot to literally ... to find use in the next generation of fighters. However, the F-15 ACTIVE did test some flight systems that would go on to find a home ...

The F-15 ACTIVE wasn’t just a test aircraft - it was a glimpse into the future of air combat. With thrust vectoring, advanced fly-by-wire controls, and experimental canards, this modified Eagle ...

Unlike its previous thrust vector control apparatus, these new nozzles offered a full 360-degree arc in which the nozzles could redirect outflow. As a result, NASA’s F-15 ACTIVE was the most ...

As an experimental Su-27 variant, the Su-27LL-PS tested advanced 2D thrust vectoring for enhanced ... American fighters like the F-14 and F-15. The original Flankers were powered by twin Saturn ...

This was allegedly a downside exploited by U.S. F-15 jets in a Red Flag exercise against thrust-vectoring Indian Air Force Su-30MKI jets in 2008. Furthermore, U.S. air combat doctrine emphasizes ...

Now, the same Typhoon pilot has again chosen this blog (and I’m honored for this) to explain why thrust vectoring, considered one of the most important F-22 features, is not essential when you ...

China's J-10 fighter is now equipped with thrust vectoring controls that allow the ... it didn’t add the technology to later versions of the F-15, Super Hornet, or F-16, or even the F-35.

This is accomplished in a couple of ways. First, there's thrust-vectoring. Instead of relying on airflow, jets with thrust-vectoring can twist and turn themselves around by changing the direction ...