More weight is automatically seen as a negative in aviation, but is that always really the case or can it actually be ...

A look into the materials used for the wings and fuselage of Boeing's newest long-range, twin-engine jetliner.

GKN Aerospace has successfully concluded a composite manufacturing and assembly research programme using of out of autoclave (OOA) processes and materials and PI shaped woven preforms. These ...

Researchers have developed a way to fabricate a new type of wing that can change its shape in flight for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) cheaply and efficiently using a novel 4D-printing process, they ...

The company is also evolving its plans for drag-efficient natural laminar flow wings as part of the recently extended Clean Sky 2 EU research consortium. Both wing concepts should be ready for test ...

Composite wing spar triumphs in ultimate load test, validating composite design and next steps for green hydrogen-powered ...

Irkut has carried out the maiden flight of the first MC-21 to be manufactured with domestically-produced composite wings. The aircraft – number 73361 – took off from runway 32 at the airfield of the ...

Maturation of an all-new wing designed to deliver a 50% fuel-burn reduction as part of a future hybrid-electric regional aircraft could take place in the second half of the decade if a project led by ...

In a 2007 interview with Design News, Dr. Alan Miller, at the time the director of technology integration for the Boeing 787 program, commented on the challenges the aerospace industry faced in ...

Much is made of the ability of crossover narrowbody jets to bring right-sizing to many airlines’ routes. The trip costs are clearly advantageous when a route does not have the capacity to fill enough ...