The design's main advantage is reducing the wetted area and the associated drag. "Blended wing body aircraft provide numerous ...

From albatrosses to sharks to slimy eels, the natural world has long been a source of inspiration for aircraft design and ...

NASA has awarded $11.5 million to five organizations that will contribute to the study of new design concepts for more ...

Aviation buffs quickly offered rebuttals highlighting the aircraft's capabilities and noted that China has gone to great ...

The Airbus Maveric is a remote-controlled blended-wing test aircraft At an undisclosed location Airbus has spent months testing a radical looking plane. At 10ft (3m) wide, it is only small, but it ...

more efficient and eco-friendly aircraft, as well as the design and analysis of helicopters and military configurations. Our designs encompass the entire range of future regional aircraft, medium- to ...

In this final chapter, you are invited to consider several examples of the design method as it has been applied to several interesting and important aircraft and to thoughts of future aircraft. The ...

“Our ‘Wing of the Future’ project is an ambitious initiative that not only seeks to reduce aircraft weight and improve fuel efficiency but also emphasizes recyclability, paving the way for a ...