The efficiency and performance of the 787 instantly put competitor, Airbus, on the back foot. To counter the Boeing 787, ...

A new airplane design by Russian inventor Vladimir Tatarenko features a cabin that can detach in emergency situations and land safely via parachutes. According to Charlie Atkin and Marta Portocarrero ...

The FAA's recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aims at harmonizing U.S. FAR Part 25 and European JAA (JAR-25) design standards for fuselage doors, hatches and exits on transport category ...

The Gulfstream G250 is a significantly redesigned aircraft, not merely a modification of the G200, featuring a new wing and fuselage design. Key performance improvements include a longer range (3,400 ...

HyperSizer® software, from Collier Research, automates structural sizing and load analyses HAMPTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When announcing the completion of the Bell V-280 tiltrotor fuselage at a ...

In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane. On that ...

BERWYN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Triumph Group, Inc. (NYS: TGI) today announced that its subsidiary, Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division, has been selected to design and build the center ...

Embraer made bold decisions on the 170's fuselage design, wing size and engine. With the huge changes in the regional market, have these choices proved wise? When Embraer began considering a new ...

Russian researchers have released details of a proposed medium-haul widebody aircraft design which has been undergoing structural studies at the Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute. The main ...

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UPDATE 6:06 p.m. EST – Video and photo added. NASA’s next-generation blended-wing-body aircraft completed its first flight today at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The X-48C is the latest in a ...

At 10:56 p.m. on April 1, last year, Southwest Airlines Flight 812, en route from Phoenix to Sacramento with 118 passengers aboard, was completing its climb to its cruise altitude of 36,000 feet, ...