The Boeing 777X is a massive aircraft that has folding wings, but it can't fly with them like that. Here's why the wings fold ...

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

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 ...

Kona’s projected maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 19,000 pounds would place it near the FAA’s Part 23 limit, Matyushev said.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine a cargo plane so big, it could carry nearly 200 cargo containers, including 20 in each wing. The Pelican Super Transport was Boeing's intended answer to the Navy's need to transport massive ...