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

The exact airfoil shape of a wing has a massive effect on the performance and efficiency of an aircraft and will be selected based on the intended flight envelope. If you’re moving beyond foam ...

Still looking to learn from winged animals, a team of researchers from Princeton University is exploring how feather-like flaps on aircraft wings could improve stability and maneuverability.

It was printed at Oak Ridge National Lab, and took 30 hours to make. It's a tool that will help Boeing build aircraft wings. Preliminary tests show it's lighter, cheaper, and just as strong as the ...

One of them is called a blended wing body, and it's a type of aircraft that has no clear distinction between body and wings, although they both exist. Blended wing body aircraft come with several ...

Air travelers in the next few years may be able to take a futuristic flight on an innovative blended-wing-body aircraft meant to help Delta Air Lines reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

But this wasn’t just any model aircraft. Across the top of its wings, Wissa and her team had carefully attached three rows of thin, flexible plastic flaps, hinged with tape. Guided by a mini ...