Brig. Gen. Wickert Shares interesting insights in odcast interview. In a wide-ranging and insightful interview on Episode 147 of the TALK4 Podcast, Brigadier General Douglas “Beaker” Wickert, ...

American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ready to share the results.

NASA and Boeing tested high-aspect-ratio wings aimed at reducing drag, improving fuel efficiency and ensuring smoother, safer ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has finished windtunnel testing an experimental fan-in-wing design for a Pentagon X-plane competition. The Boeing subsidiary says it recently wrapped up stability and control ...

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 ...

There's no denying just how critical aircraft wings are. For one, they provide storage for an aircraft's fuel that keeps it a safe distance from the cabin containing passengers and crew. This saved 80 ...

U.S. Navy Reserve KC-130T Hercules tankers, upgraded with the new NP2000 eight-blade composite propeller system, have been cleared to refuel a wider range of aircraft across the carrier air wing. This ...

Outbound’s demonstrator plane, code-named STeVE, takes off from a runway at Pendleton UAS Range in Oregon. (Outbound Aerospace Photo) Things are looking up for Outbound Aerospace’s quest to build a ...

While most planes use heat to melt ice that can form on the wing either before takeoff or during flight, the process is highly energy intensive and can impact engine efficiency. A new process from ...

Ideally, an aircraft would be made of something reasonably strong, light, and weather resistant. Cardboard, is none of those things. But that did not stop [PeterSripol] from building an ultralight ...