The Flip includes a remote control in its basic configuration but may also be controlled with a smartphone app or on-aircraft controls ... need for ND filters. The folding drone can fly for ...

Airbus is well ahead of beleaguered Boeing in developing a 21st-century narrow-bodied aircraft; the US planemaker’s workhorse 737 is nearing its 60th birthday. Yet Europe’s folding wing of ...

Sikorsky was one of six companies downselected for Phase 1B of DARPA’s Advanced Aircraft Infrastructure-less Launch and Recovery program. The RBW design is a tail-sitting aircraft that takes off ...

United’s investment in JetZero includes a ‘path’ to acquire as many as 200 blended wing body Z4 aircraft. [Courtesy: United Airlines] United Airlines is looking to add a sleek new airframe ...

A race is on to build a revolutionary new class of ship: Drone aircraft carriers ... proven propeller-driven TB2 drone that features folding wings, a strengthened suspension, and a more powerful ...

For the X-66, the modified fuselage was to be fitted with thin advanced-composite wings spanning 145 feet (44.2 m), which is significantly wider than conventional aircraft (the largest single ...

United today announced an investment in blended wing body (BWB) aircraft start-up JetZero. The company is creating an aircraft design that has the potential to deliver jet fuel efficiency and a ...

Special operators are looking to industry for a suite of upgrades to their fixed-wing aircraft, such as radio frequency countermeasures, new methods for aerial refueling and improved networking.

Owensboro’s Alex May can’t remember a time when being around aircraft hasn’t been part of his life. “That was all from my dad; he built a lot of planes in his garage, and I grew up with him restoring ...