NASA is helping accelerate the future of advanced air mobility (AAM) by testing a unique model wing that could shape the next generation of air taxis and cargo drones. At the heart of this effort is a ...

Following a series of secret tests, Airbus has revealed a futuristic “blended wing” commercial aircraft design that promises to cut fuel consumption up to 20%. The French aircraft maker rolled out a ...

Luminary Cloud has launched Shift-Wing, an AI-powered model and dataset designed to accelerate the conceptual design of advanced aircraft wings, from subsonic all the way up to transonic speeds. The ...

Some aircraft look so aerodynamically wrong that they seem to insult the laws of physics, yet test pilots still hauled them ...

As the U.S. Air Force is moving to modernize its fleet of aircraft, it is looking to new and innovative designs to help it advance its goals. And one such design is that of a blended-wing body ...

The aviation industry’s profit margins have been reduced to the bare minimum over the past two decades, and commercial air travel now contributes 2.5% of all global CO2 emissions. In short, we really ...

Van's Aircraft's new RV-15, a high-wing, all-metal kit airplane designed for backcountry flying, completed its first flight. This is Van's first high-wing design; the prototype's functionality is ...

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Since the Wright Brothers first took flight at Kitty Hawk, passenger airplanes have mainly resembled a flying cigar tube with wings, a ubiquitous design that has defined aviation for nearly a century.