Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying ...

Wing Helper is an incredible model airplane wing design tool, speeding the design process to create your flying machine ...

Airplanes don't need their wings to be symmetrical to take to the skies. At first, planes were designed with perpendicular wings to the plane's fuselage because every flying creature in nature ...

While Airbus expects its next narrowbody jet will have a traditional tube-and-wing configuration, it has not abandoned the idea of an eventual blended-wing-body (BWB) design for a larger jet. That is ...

A team of engineers has built and tested a new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing can change shape to control the plane’s flight, and could provide a ...

There is a revolution happening in aviation, and it's taking place at such a rapid pace that the industry may be completely unrecognizable a couple of decades from now. From new means of propulsion to ...

Maturation of an all-new wing designed to deliver a 50% fuel-burn reduction as part of a future hybrid-electric regional aircraft could take place in the second half of the decade if a project led by ...

Airplanes are one of the best examples of thoughtful engineering. Most of the things you find on an aircraft have a special purpose behind them, and there will rarely be a feature that has been added ...

A new kind of airplane is taking shape in Southern California. Its design looks nothing like today’s commercial jets—and it could change everything from passenger comfort to military power. Aircraft ...

Convertible VTOL aircraft are revolutionizing aviation, and tilt-wings are by far the most safe and efficient convertible VTOL aircraft. However, sometimes we come across the misperception that ...