Airliners have looked largely the same for a long time now. The ongoing hunt for efficiency gains has seen the development of winglets, drag reducing films, and all manner of little aerodynamic tricks ...

Aurora’s “vision system” concept, showing SPRINT technologies scaled for use in larger aircraft. Source (All Images) | Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences (Bridgeport, W.Va., U.S.), a Boeing ...

Researchers at the Engineering School at Princeton University have taken inspiration from birds to improve flight performance and safety in aircraft. The researchers deployed rows of flaps to the wing ...

Testing at MIT's Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel validates that the EL9's blown lift wing design unlocks novel aviation capabilities including the ability to take off and land in 150 feet This ...

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed new details about its prototype fan-in-wing aircraft and released an animation of the craft’s vertical lift rotors. The still-unnamed design is ...

Testing at MIT's Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel validates that the EL9's blown lift wing design unlocks novel aviation capabilities including the ability to take off and land in 150 feet CAMBRIDGE, Mass.