High speed is not everything in aviation. Sometimes, the need is for something other than having an aircraft that travels very fast. Speed might be sacrificed so that a plane can carry more cargo or ...

The V-280 Valor performs a flight demonstration in Arlington, Texas, Oct. 28, 2020. (Luke J. Allen/U.S. Army) The service has had “unprecedented access to the design [in] real time” of FLRAA through ...

The U.S. Navy announced it will begin testing a new clutch design on the V-22 Osprey aircraft after a series of fatal crashes involving the aircraft over the past two years. Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the ...

Bell Textron and the U.S. Army announced that development of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft [FLRAA] achieved the acquisition contract’s Milestone B benchmark, indicating that the two-rotor ...

China has flown the first prototype of a tiltrotor aircraft under development by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The aircraft combines vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with ...

The conceptual design stage is a key step in aircraft development, laying the foundation for performance, efficiency and innovation. Traditionally, this process relies heavily on experienced designers ...

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A collaboration between Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing is working on an innovative high-speed, vertical lift aircraft concept. They have just completed the conceptual design review and target first ...

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 ...