When you think about aircraft, you probably picture sleek jets soaring through the sky, right? […] ...
Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading development of these efficient flying wings. The jets would burn dramatically less fuel and feature distinctly shaped passenger cabins. Aircraft ...
The Boeing F-47 has been framed as a sixth-generation fighter that seems to bend the rules of jet design, promising extreme ...
Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X7 already sported a radical design, even within the wild world of hybrid eVTOLs. That design has now been updated, however, for enhanced aerodynamics, cruising performance ...
Summary and Key Points: The F-16 SFW (Forward-Swept Wing) was an experimental fighter developed by General Dynamics in the 1970s as part of DARPA’s Forward Swept Wing Program. Designed to reduce drag ...
The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow conventional ...
Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust ...
The interior designs of VIP business jets often look more like residential penthouses, at least in the eyes of many aviation designers. While opulent cabins in the world’s largest business jets sounds ...
The modern aircraft cabin reflects a fixed model of user behaviour, defined through spatial limits, enforced privacy, and ...