High speed is not everything in aviation. Sometimes, the need is for something other than having an aircraft that travels very fast. Speed might be sacrificed so that a plane can carry more cargo or ...

The U.S. Navy announced it will begin testing a new clutch design on the V-22 Osprey aircraft after a series of fatal crashes involving the aircraft over the past two years. Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the ...

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 ...

Bell Textron and the U.S. Army announced that development of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft [FLRAA] achieved the acquisition contract’s Milestone B benchmark, indicating that the two-rotor ...

China has flown the first prototype of a tiltrotor aircraft under development by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The aircraft combines vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with ...

China appears to have built a new prototype of a mostly ignored military aircraft; a Wing-in-Ground Effect (WIG) plane. Also commonly known by the Russian word ekranoplan, it's a type of aircraft ...

A collaboration between Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing is working on an innovative high-speed, vertical lift aircraft concept. They have just completed the conceptual design review and target first ...