The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with ...

Zoom in far enough on an empress cicada wing, and a strange landscape materializes. At the nanoscale, densely packed spires ...

Designer W.E.W. Petter rejected swept wings due to poor low-speed knowledge and opted for a structurally strong, simple, ...

This paper proposes a novel design of rigid-wing bi-directional sailboat and its method of sailing. The proposed design features a bi-directional hull, a rudder on both ends of the vessel and a freely ...

Abstract: This article presents a software-in-the-loop simulation environment focused on multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) systems for test and validation of cooperative control algorithms. The ...

Spirit AeroSystems' commercial and aftermarket operations in Wichita, Kansas; Dallas, Texas; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as ...

After four years of repair efforts, the "Spirit of Georgia" overcame obstacles to return to flight following a landing ...

Early C-123 operations revealed structural stress concerns, particularly in wing spars subjected to heavy loads on short, rough airstrips. Combined with irregular maintenance environments, these ...