NASA has successfully tested its X-66 aircraft in a wind tunnel, hoping it can reduce fuel consumption by at least 30%.

Aircraft carriers are capable of launching and recovering jets in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. But the one thing that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to outsiders: why ...

Wind tunnel tests focused on low-speed handling of Aurora fan-in-wing blended wing body VTOL configuration. Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences has completed low-speed wind tunnel ...

Rune is developing a family of uncrewed cargo aircraft with hybrid-electric distributed propulsion. Credit: Rune Aero U.S. startup Rune Aero is using an interactive virtual wind tunnel powered by ...

Back in 2023 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced yet another program that's supposed to end with the creation of revolutionary aircraft tech. Called Speed and Runway ...

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing has ...

The MD-11's high landing speed is unusual among modern widebody airliners and it makes the aircraft more difficult to land.

Aircraft safety is a hot topic these days, with Federal Aviation Administration investigators looking into door seals at Boeing, aircraft slides flying off mid air and engine failures plaguing several ...