NASA successfully conducted the first flight of a new wing design that could pave the way for more fuel-efficient commercial aircraft. Published on NASA’s official website, the article “NASA Completes ...

Aurora Flight Sciences is quietly turning a radical research sketch into metal, bolting on 30 ft wings that will help prove whether a jet can steer with air instead of moving parts. The X-65, built ...

I don't remember the aviation industry ever being as dynamic as it is today. Everywhere you look, people and companies are working on new aircraft designs, be they in the form of helicopters, VTOLs, ...

Airflow through the slot from the lower surface maintains a favorable pressure gradient over the fore element of the slotted airfoil. Credit: NASA As NASA evaluates natural laminar flow for potential ...

Over the past ten years or so, American space agency NASA has become a major player in the aviation industry, getting itself involved in all sorts of projects meant to inform the design of the ...

Credit: NASA/Christopher LC Clark NASA is poised to begin flight tests of a representative stub wing section that is aimed at dramatically enhancing the drag-reducing benefits of natural laminar flow ...

Making the wings on passenger jets thinner and longer can go a long way toward reducing drag and making them more efficient, but they vibrate like crazy. Engineers at NASA and Boeing are now tackling ...