That's what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that ... technologies for new aircraft systems and explores promising air travel concepts.

NASA is testing radical new airplane wing designs that could drastically cut fuel use—but there's a catch: they may be more ...

The trip starts with the first powered flight and the ground-breaking concepts influencing the first aircraft models. Early aviation pioneers tested many wing forms, control systems, and ...

Air travelers in the next few years may be able to take a futuristic flight on an innovative blended-wing-body aircraft meant to help Delta Air Lines reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

A San Diego-based company called Natilus, for instance, is involved in this transformative process thanks to something called a blended wing body aircraft. That would be a kind of plane that ...

The plane’s right wing and right main landing gear broke apart from the aircraft during the Feb ... metallurgical examination of the wing structure; landing techniques, hard landings and ...