The X-31 demonstrator flew on April 6, using its vectored thrust capabilities for the first time since the 1995 Paris Air Show, the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced April 11.

NASA's F/A-18 (left) and X-31 are among the airplanes used to gather data for thrust-vectoring. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Remember the scene in the movie Top Gun when Navy pilot Pete ...

Part of the NASA technology demonstrators, X-31 was designed to test thrust vectoring technology by using a delta wing, canards, and vectored thrust from the engine. Designed and built by Rockwell ...

However, the X-31 emerged as a candidate after a Swedish ... Eurofighter nations are "firm believers in the potential of thrust-vectoring technology" and that it is a "credible candidate for ...

This US-German joint venture aimed to enhance future military aircraft with advanced thrust vectoring and electronic flight controls. The X-31’s innovations influenced modern fighter jets like ...

As an experimental Su-27 variant, the Su-27LL-PS tested advanced 2D thrust vectoring for enhanced ... Driven by Western advancements like the U.S.’s X-31 experimental aircraft, and ...

Gerard Julien//Getty Images The X-31 technology demonstrator. Note thrust vectoring paddles on the tail mounted behind the engine exhaust. Thrust vectoring control (TVC) turns this idea on its head.

Fluidic thrust vectoring and control refer to a suite of aerodynamic techniques that achieve directional control of engine thrust by modulating the flow field through the injection of secondary ...