In fact, ensuring a comfortable ride for those onboard is a real consideration for manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus. New ...

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today's, with longer, thinner wings that provide a ...

This experiment explores what happens when artificial intelligence is used to generate entirely new aircraft concepts. By ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...

The conceptual design stage is a key step in aircraft development, laying the foundation for performance, efficiency and innovation. Traditionally, this process relies heavily on experienced designers ...

As competition intensifies for high-value travellers, business and first-class cabins are becoming more private, more ...

Realistic conceptual design loads in the early phase of the overall aircraft design for the mass estimation of fuselage and wing play an important role in the overall aircraft assessment for new ...

Bell has decided to change the design of its U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft prototype submission. (Photo courtesy of Bell) The company decided “months ago” to use a design based on ...

Birds do it. Bees do it. And now, increasingly, aircraft engineers are falling in love with the idea of studying the natural world to find solutions that can be adapted and applied to the design of ...