"It's a very costly operation," he said. "When we saw their design has the engines mounted at the back of the aircraft, and ...

Open fan’ technology part of plans to make new models 20-30% more fuel efficient than aircraft currently in the air ...

In the 1960s, a radical aircraft design—powered by 10 engines with a cockpit perched above a giant fuselage—nearly became NASA’s solution for transporting Saturn V rocket stages. Dubbed the ...

NASA is testing radical new airplane wing designs that could drastically cut fuel use—but there's a catch: they may be more ...

Airbus is to test a radical engine with visible fan blades ... new technologies and new aircraft designs, including longer and lighter wings. Analysts have said any new single-aisle model ...