They call the design the transonic truss-braced wing, or TTBW. While a standard 737 boasts a wingspan of about 118 feet, the wings on this craft could stretch up to a whopping 170 feet long.

The advanced air mobility industry is currently working to produce novel aircraft ranging from air taxis to autonomous cargo ...

Object Details Author American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Dayton-Cincinnati Section Notes Proceedings of a conference held March 18-19, 1980 at the Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio.

The SR-71 with its blended wing body design. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty, US Air Force, 1988) Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a ...

When talking about airplanes we're talking about a set of wings fixed to either side of the fuselage, both of them not only acting as the means to generate lift, but also, in most cases, as ...

The design promises more fuel efficiency, larger payloads, and the ability to use shorter runways. The US Air Force sees all those qualities as vital for success in a war in the Pacific region.