The 200-passenger flagship model is set to compete with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A321 NEO in the narrowbody market ...

VTOL maker Horizon Aircraft partnered with powertrain company ZeroAvia to test the use of the ZA600 hydrogen system in the ...

Aviation startup Natilus presented the first images and details of the Horizon blended wing body aircraft, can seat up to 196 ...

Wing fences are small metal vanes that once graced the wings of early jets. Here's why they have since disappeared from ...

Plane wings are traditionally strong, thick and sturdy but a team of researchers led by NASA has created a flexible wing that morphs as it flies. Measuring 14 feet or four meters wide, the new ...

This design expands the wings’ area surface incrementally to provide the most efficient shape required for an aircraft’s role in a mission. Jay Kudva, president and chief executive officer, NextGen ...

The SR-71 with its blended wing body design. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty, US Air Force, 1988) Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a ...

An artist’s rendering for a concept aircraft called Macrobat has flapping wings and bird-like landing gear. [Courtesy: Phractyl] When a South African company calling itself Phractyl recently ...

Wing Design. Airplane wings are designed to include aerodynamic devices that pilots can manipulate to increase lift during critical phases of flight—such as takeoffs and landings.

Boeing says the wing design alone could produce a fuel savings of as much as 10%. And when combined with additional advances in propulsion systems, materials and systems architecture, a single ...

They’re designing aircraft with high L/D, high-aspect-ratio wings that operate in the low transonic range, with the design concept of jet engines for takeoff and electric for cruise and landing ...