When the B-2 Spirit glides silently through the night sky, it looks more like an alien spacecraft than a conventional ...

One doesn't have to be an aviator to understand how an aircraft works. In simplistic terms, engines push it through the air, the wings provide lift, and various control surfaces like stabilizers, ...

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 ...

Looking a little bit too much like an F-117 Night Hawk fighter on steroids Boeing’s blended wing unmanned test aircraft flew for the first time last week. Designed and engineered by Boeing, NASA and ...