Lockheed’s flatbed cargo aircraft concept abandoned the traditional fuselage in favor of an open cargo deck capable of ...

The C-17 is the most popular Western strategic airlifter, and it boasts many advantages over freighter aircraft.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...

Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's live coverage of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, KY, for Wednesday, Nov. 5. LOUISVILLE, KY – The crews are small. They fly fewer flights. Cargo planes operate ...

Cento is the name of an aircraft designed to revolutionize cargo operations across multiple commercial and military sectors. It's hybrid-electric, which helps reduce emissions and costs, and it's ...

Aircraft have a long and storied history of transporting goods that dates back to the earliest days of airmail. Though much like with trains and large trucks, designers quickly noted that when it ...