The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a smoother ride while saving fuel. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Commercial airlines spend a lot on fuel each year. Some estimates for 2024 put the figure at $291 billion, and that's up from $271 billion in 2023. We can only assume that number climbed even higher ...

How NASA used the F-104 Starfighter's razor-thin wing to explore supersonic handling, shuttle approaches, and X-15 support.

Over the past ten years or so, American space agency NASA has become a major player in the aviation industry, getting itself involved in all sorts of projects meant to inform the design of the ...

Airbus’s UpNext division has shown off the initial installation of the ‘eXtra Performance Wing’ on a Cessna Citation VII executive jet. UpNext is the future technologies division of the airframer, and ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...