The W17 not only features a different mounting location for the front wing, creating a channel under the nose, it has just ...

Airliners have looked largely the same for a long time now. The ongoing hunt for efficiency gains has seen the development of winglets, drag reducing films, and all manner of little aerodynamic tricks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blended wing aircraft could slash carbon emissions. This rendering shows a design by California-based JetZero, which aims to have ...

The aircraft is particularly susceptible to wing contamination during icy conditions.

United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) aims to be one of the first U.S. commercial carriers to fly passengers on a futuristic blended wing body ("BWB") aircraft, thanks to its investment in startup JetZero, ...

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A startup planemaker announced a 200-passenger "blended wing body" plane to rival Airbus and Boeing. Natilus' design aims to ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...

The upcoming test campaign at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is the culmination of the program that included ...

A team of NASA researchers successfully performed a high-speed taxi test that could help ...