Drag is the aerodynamic force that opposes an aircraft’s motion through the air. Being able to predict drag accurately at an early design stage helps engineers avoid later adjustments that can lead to ...

Long before engineers spun 3D models of airplanes on screens, they designed them with pencils, rulers, and plenty of patience ...

Ever since the first airplane took off to the skies in the early 20th century, succeeding models have all usually shared ...

“Siemens Xcelerator gives us the functionality that we need today, but it’s also a platform that’s connected to all the ...

LOS ANGELES - Meet the U.S. military’s new plane that might revolutionize how aircraft are designed. In January, Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, announced that it has begun ...

A little-known company based in Boulder, Colorado, is pursuing an ambitious, borderline outlandish goal: creating the world’s ...

A Seattle-area startup called Radian Aerospace is fine-tuning the design of its orbital space plane, with an eye toward building a subscale prototype as early as this year. The company is also in the ...

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division provided essential feedback on the future MEDEVAC cabin design within the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA, requirements, ...

Prepare to be air-mazed! Delta Air Lines revealed plans to revolutionize air travel with a new fighter jet-style passenger plane that aims to lower emissions and fuel costs – and could take flight as ...