Naval ships and submarines all come with a designation that generally describes what they do and other key specifications.

Military aircraft, however, obey far more rigid vehicle designation rules. At first glance, these labels might be a jumble of letters and numbers on par with a car license plate –- vanity plates ...

The U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff announced that the first two Collaborative Combat Aircraft will be designated YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A, making them the first assets to ever fall under the Unmanned ...

The EA-37B aircraft designation was selected to better identify the platform’s mission of finding, attacking and destroying enemy land or sea targets. The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command ...

Numerous uncrewed aircraft filling support roles bear the designation “MQ”, such as the General Atomics MQ-9 family of multi-role UAVs, the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C maritime reconnaissance ...

The 101st Airborne Division will be the first unit to get the Army’s new tiltrotor aircraft. ... which recently was given its official mission-design series designator of the MV-75.

Canada has revealed the designations and names of its new fleet of trainer aircraft, part of the largest recapitalisation of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) since the Second World War.