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

Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading development of these efficient flying wings. The jets would burn dramatically less fuel and feature distinctly shaped passenger cabins. Aircraft ...

Indoor model flying continues to take flight at Brookside Middle and High School. The school’s Aeronautics Club, also known ...

Longer, thinner wings are on the horizon as NASA and Boeing continue to research what the future of aviation could look like ...

The new flying wing CH-7 UCAV has a blended wing-body airframe with a high level of stealth and long-range capability, reportedly focused on continuous reconnaissance and monitoring in highly ...

Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a tube with wings and a stabilizing tail tacked onto one end of said tube. Yet it is also no secret that the lift ...

Long, narrow wings are intended to reduce fuel consumption and increase comfort in aircraft. However, wing flutter must be ...

The flying wing design is niche and rare today, but the concept has been the focus of study for 100 years. The flying wing design is intuitive but relatively rare. As the name implies, a flying wing ...