NASA’s Transformational Tools and Technologies project integrates AI, advanced materials, and computational methods to ...
The Boeing 747-8's innovative raked wingtips offer a sleek, integrated solution to reduce induced drag.
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) hosts an annual Aviation Design Challenge for high school students to foster interest in aviation careers. The challenge involves a ...
One might think that with these radical changes in aircraft design approach that the Celera approach was abandoned – otherwise why such fundamental and dramatic changes? It’s also strange to see the ...
The combination of a spacious cabin and long range that characterizes most business aircraft makes this sector of aviation one of the hardest to abate when it comes to carbon emissions. The volume, ...
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Boeing’s F/A-XX design sacrifices stealth for safer carrier landings

A carrier fighter does not get to be brilliant only at high speed. It also has to arrive back at the ship under control, at low speed, over a short deck that is moving in three dimensions. That is why ...
The aviation sector across the world is undergoing a major shift toward cleaner technologies, ...
Electric aviation is on the rise and Electronic Design’s Lee Goldberg will be on the road to cover the latest developments at two of this year’s most exciting air shows.
Peek out the window on an A350 flight and you’ll see wings that bend, flex, and adapt in order to make long-haul flying ...
French startup Beyond Aero has completed the preliminary design review for its hydrogen-electric business aircraft, unveiling a revised configuration with pusher propellers replacing ducted fans.
Supersonic aircraft design has re-emerged as a focal point in aerospace research, driven by the need to develop transport solutions that are both economically viable and environmentally acceptable.
Russian president Vladimir Putin says building a modern civil aircraft industry has required a strategic rethink from the Soviet era, when civil aircraft design was largely influenced by military ...