NASA used the F-111 Aardvark to test supercritical wings, fly-by-wire and adaptive wing tech, shaping modern aircraft design ...

Over the past ten years or so, American space agency NASA has become a major player in the aviation industry, getting itself involved in all sorts of projects meant to inform the design of the ...

NASA's X-29 tested forward-swept wings and digital fly-by-wire control, advancing unstable aircraft design and high-angle flight research.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – You may one day board a plane where the wings will look very different. Future airplanes are ditching traditional wing design for something sleeker—long, thin wings braced with ...

Before taxi tests in 2026, the aircraft with Airbus' Extra Performance Wing is slated to undergo ground vibration and wing-loading tests this year. Credit: Airbus UpNext Under the Extra Performance ...

We are taught from a very young age that aircraft generally hide fuel tanks inside their wings. That remains true, for the most part, but now that a new breed of aircraft called vertical take-off and ...

Making the wings on passenger jets thinner and longer can go a long way toward reducing drag and making them more efficient, but they vibrate like crazy. Engineers at NASA and Boeing are now tackling ...

Testing found that the technology's "behavior and output" change between en route and terminal airspace.

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / February 10, 2026 / New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. ("Horizon Aircraft" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:HOVR) announces a partnership with North Aircraft Industries to ...

Lockheed Martin says the wings of its popular C-130J tactical transport have a significantly longer lifespan than previously believed. Using funds from the US and Canadian air forces, Lockheed ...

In 2021, Daher delivered thermoplastic composite wing ribs to Airbus UK in the context of the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow programme. Elementary parts of the ribs were assembled with fasteners and Daher ...