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 ...

These wings could be a game-changer for aircraft, with experts from NASA and Boeing now exploring the development and ...

In the 1940s, the flying wing seemed destined to transform aviation with its sleek design and efficiency. But despite promising early tests, Jack Northrop’s prototypes faced engineering challenges and ...

When creating lift, longer, thinner wings can reduce drag, making them efficient. However, they can become very flexible in ...

Abstract: This work covers the design of a sliding mode control to stabilize the attitude of a flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle. The approach employs an auxiliary observer loop to avoid system ...

Arguably, the Bréguet Br.1050 Alizé (French: “Tradewind”) does not match the spectacularly appealing ugliness of its British ...

An insect-scale robot from MIT performs agile flight maneuvers using a neural-network controller, surpassing previous ...