While most modern aircraft feature a two-winged design that enables lift, that's not the only way to design a plane. Northrop Grumman's B-2 Spirit and B-21 Raider are examples of flying-wing ...

Have you ever looked out through the aircraft window and seen the cool looking wingtip winglets and thought; I wonder what those things actually do? In this episode I will give you a entry level ...

The $1 billion carrier JS Kaga belongs to Japan, which is adding fixed-wing aircraft to some of its ships for the first time ...

As any airplane owner quickly learns ... was awarded an STC for Cessna 170 through 182 models. The design frightens me. The wing spar is modified to incorporate hinges at the wing roots and ...

Among the most likely concepts is a "blended-wing" body aircraft, which combines the fuselage and wing into one. This deviates from the traditional tube-and-wing design that has been the norm since ...

Aircraft manufacturers are racing to build the jet of the future as airlines demand more efficient planes. Among the most likely concepts is a blended-wing-body aircraft, which combines the ...

The B-21 Raider, set to replace many Cold War-era bombers by the end of the decade, continues the U.S. Air Force’s tradition ...

"Blended-wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and startups JetZero and Natilus lead the development of these more efficient flying wings. The jets boast up to 50% less ...

A new very large jet-powered Chinese drone said to have a 10-ton maximum takeoff weight, or a mockup thereof, has emerged ...

A San Diego startup says it will build the world's first blended wing body ... a 200-seat BWB design it claims will use 30 percent less fuel than a conventional aircraft of similar capacity.