The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) says it's time for some airplanes to drop elevators, flaps and rudders for flight control. DARPA's new X-plane concept will remove these ...

Aircraft designers and aeronautical engineers (the distinction between the two is unimportant within the industry) use cutting-edge materials, systems and processes, along with their ingenuity, to ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin says building a modern civil aircraft industry has required a strategic rethink from the ...

Prepare to be air-mazed! Delta Air Lines revealed plans to revolutionize air travel with a new fighter jet-style passenger plane that aims to lower emissions and fuel costs – and could take flight as ...

China appears to have built a new prototype of a mostly ignored military aircraft; a Wing-in-Ground Effect (WIG) plane. Also commonly known by the Russian word ekranoplan, it's a type of aircraft ...

A Seattle-area startup called Radian Aerospace is fine-tuning the design of its orbital space plane, with an eye toward building a subscale prototype as early as this year. The company is also in the ...

The DH 98 Mosquito (aka "Mossie") was one of the most adaptable aircraft used during World War II, with at least forty-two uniquely different versions built and operated by the British and her Allies.

The Blended Wing Body (BWB) concept represents a transformative shift in aircraft design, merging the wing and fuselage into a single, continuous lifting surface. This integration offers substantial ...

There’s hope in the air. Literally. In 2025 some airlines are redesigning plane interiors or ordering new aircraft to bring more comfort to flying. They’re promising more leg room and some are even ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage.

President Donald Trump triggered a wave of online reactions after unveiling the design of a new presidential aircraft dubbed ...

There were no casualties aboard the Delta flight that crashed and flipped upside down at the Toronto airport on Monday evening, which experts attribute to modern plane safety design. Investigation ...