A video for the 80th anniversary of the Skunk Works shows, through renderings and sketches, the past, the present and the future of the secretive division of Lockheed Martin. To celebrate 80 years of ...

The V-280 Valor performs a flight demonstration in Arlington, Texas, Oct. 28, 2020. (Luke J. Allen/U.S. Army) The service has had “unprecedented access to the design [in] real time” of FLRAA through ...

In fact, ensuring a comfortable ride for those onboard is a real consideration for manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus. New ...

The Boeing 737 MAX's design is ultimately flawed by the fact that the aircraft sits far too close to the ground. As the engine fan needed to be large enough to deliver modern efficiency, Boeing had to ...

Aurora Flight Sciences' uncrewed, blended-wing design for an experimental vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft will move into the next design phase after a DARPA contract award. More companies could ...

Team FIU reached the height of success, winning second place in mission performance and second overall at the international SAE Aero Design Competition in June. Nineteen teams from across the United ...

The Boeing 777X is set to revolutionize long-haul air travel when it eventually enters commercial service in 2027. The US ...

The conceptual design stage is a key step in aircraft development, laying the foundation for performance, efficiency and innovation. Traditionally, this process relies heavily on experienced designers ...

The contribution of aircraft to greenhouse gas emissions has been well documented - a 2009 study [PDF] by Friends of the Earth found that air travel is the world’s fastest growing source of greenhouse ...

The drone industry may be on the verge of transforming air travel to some degree, but I sincerely doubt to the degree the media is telling you. There are many reasons that the innovation is moving ...