The Vector-R P-19H engineering model during an aborted launch in April. The rocket flew what the company said was a successful, but low altitude, test flight May 3. Credit: Vector Updated May 5.

A segmented unmanned airship design that uses a single swivelling engine technology enabling vectoring thrust has completed a series of flight tests. The non-rigid segmented lighter-than-air unmanned ...

The second Vector-R rocket lifts off on a low-altitude test flight from a site in Camden County, Georgia, Aug. 3. Credit: Vector WASHINGTON — Vector, a company developing the Vector-R small launch ...

-Thrust vectoring gives fighters a party trick with real teeth: by swiveling engine exhaust, jets can pivot, claw for lift, tighten turns, even flirt with a hover. -The F-22, Su-30/35, Su-57—and ...