Airliners have looked largely the same for a long time now. The ongoing hunt for efficiency gains has seen the development of winglets, drag reducing films, and all manner of little aerodynamic tricks ...

In order to enhance aircraft efficiency designers are increasingly utilizing lightweight, high aspect ratio wing designs. This is because lower weight means less energy is required to keep the ...

Making the wings on passenger jets thinner and longer can go a long way toward reducing drag and making them more efficient, but they vibrate like crazy. Engineers at NASA and Boeing are now tackling ...

Airbus UpNext, the airframer’s innovation arm, has completed the installation of its eXtra Performance Wing onto a Cessna Citation VII business jet that will next year serve as a flying testbed for ...

The idea takes advantage of the higher lift and lower drag you get with longer, slimmer, high aspect ratio wings – the sort you might find on an unpowered glider. A concept Boeing was testing in 2016, ...

NASA and Boeing are testing longer, thinner wings that can provide a smoother plane ride while saving fuel. It’s claimed that those wings would be a revolutionary design for commercial aircraft, but ...

The Boeing 777X's folding wingtips are one of the aircraft's most innovative design features.

At the root of the wingtip extension, a semi-aeroelastic hinge is triggered in cases of strong turbulence. Credit: Airbus/Fixion/Dreamstime/MMS One of the principles ...