The Boeing 777X is a massive aircraft that has folding wings, but it can't fly with them like that. Here's why the wings fold ...

Airport gate space concerns ignited the need for the new folding mechanism. The aircraft has garnered 481 orders from carriers such as British Airways, Emirates, and Lufthansa. Boeing's latest ...

The A330neo's wing is considerably longer than the A330ceo's, while the A350's wingspan is clipped by Code E regulations.

Airbus built A320neo family jets and retrofitted A320ceos with Sharklets after the technology was developed and the benefits ...

Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying on rigid flaps and heavy hydraulics. The key is a family of “metals with ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...

Comparing the giants of the sky.

The company’s highlights include enhanced MRO services and facilities, new electromechanical actuators, air cycle machines ...

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 ...