Airbus's new-generation single-aisle aircraft will feature aerodynamic wings to generate significantly higher lift while reducing fuel consumption. Its engines will consume 20% less fuel than current ...

Such an aircraft, for which Airbus has set a loose ... Another important aspect of the next generation wing design, Partridge explained, will be lighter and stronger components than what are ...

American space agency NASA says its transonic truss-braced aircraft wing would need an ice protection system to fly safely ...

The company claims that the foldable wings would give the aircraft a longer wingspan during flight which would increase lift ...

NASA is testing radical new airplane wing designs that could drastically cut fuel use—but there's a catch: they may be more ...

Then came designs like lift jets, tail-sitter aircraft, and tilt rotors. PteroDynamics has now patented a new design that leverages the propellers in all flight modes and can fold the wings around ...

A company called Natilus is working on a passenger blended wing body aircraft capable of carrying up to 200 people on intercontinental routes.

Delta says JetZero’s vastly more fuel-efficient, blended-wing-body ( BWB) design is one facet of its ongoing journey to ...

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