From the sleek P-51 Mustang to the futuristic B-2 Spirit, American aircraft design has always balanced beauty, performance, and innovation. Today, that tradition continues with experimental jets like ...

Despite the rapid advancements in other technological sectors, commercial aircraft have remained fundamentally unchanged for decades. While electric vehicles are revolutionizing ground transportation, ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...

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 ...

In the next few decades, the standard passenger aircraft will look radically different, according to the head of one of the world’s largest plane manufacturers. Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said in a ...

In mid-2025 the aviation world marked a milestone in aerodynamics and avionics interaction. While most headlines focus on new engines, emissions, or avionics suites, NASA and Boeing made public plans ...

Aircraft wings that morph like bird wings during flight could cut fuel costs and noise while boosting efficiency using ...

Emerging aviation technologies developer Aurora Flight Sciences is progressing with assembly of its prototype X-65 active flow control demonstrator. Aurora on 20 November shared an image of the X-65 ...

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA are continuing the assembly of the X-65 CRANE demonstrator, targeting a first flight by 2027. The aircraft is still missing the wings and the canted tails. The company ...

The Navy is reviewing the design and costs of its Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of its most high-tech and expensive ...