Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying on rigid flaps and heavy hydraulics. The key is a family of “metals with ...
Daher received the JEC Composites Innovation Award in the Aerospace Parts category for its “Highly Loaded Thermoplastic Wing ...
Airbus opened a new Wing Technology Development Centre (WTDC) at its Filton site last July to accelerate the design, construction, and testing of wings for the next generation of jets. Airbus says ...
Boeing has paused flight testing of its 777X aircraft due to a structural issue with a custom component between the engine and the aircraft structure. The company is replacing the faulty part, ...
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 ...