Testing at MIT's Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel validates that the EL9's blown lift wing design unlocks novel aviation capabilities including the ability to take off and land in 150 feet CAMBRIDGE ...

Turbulence is a big issue in aviation now. Companies and scientists are looking at nature for inspiration to solve this ...

Suppose the identical quality that renders a fighter aircraft revolutionary is also the one that keeps it from ever actually ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed its latest concept for a low-drag, fan-in-blended-wing body design for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program aimed at producing a ...

A new artificial intelligence tool could accelerate the design of cutting-edge aircraft wings.

During take-off and landing of civil aircrafts complex multi-element wings shall provide high lift forces, while drag forces shall be reduced to a minimum and separation of the flow needs to be ...

The fuselage of a drone serves as its structural core, housing critical components such as batteries, sensors, and control systems, while providing attachment points for wings, motors, and landing ...

Aurora Flight Sciences on Oct. 8 unveiled new details of a notional operational variant of the fan-in-wing concept it is proposing for a high-speed, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-Plane.

Aurora and Boeing are collaborating on the development of key technologies that combine to deliver a solution to mobility challenges in contested environments and across distributed military bases.

Designed for 'hot and high' conditions across BOAC's 'Empire routes' with high lift wings and an efficient rear engine design. The iconic rear-mounted quad-jet layout created a smoother, quieter ...