United Airlines ( NASDAQ: UAL) aims to be one of the first U.S. commercial carriers to fly passengers on a futuristic blended ...

Boeing and NASA will pause work on the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, an experimental plane design featuring long, ...

United Airlines investment outlines a potential order for up to 100 aircraft, with an option for an additional 100.

Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of NASA’s ...

United Airlines announced on April 24, 2025, that it has become an investor in JetZero, a US startup developing a ...

JetZero, a company dedicated to developing the world’s first commercial blended wing airplane, and Altair, a global leader in ...

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Even the nimblest of quadcopters still struggle to halt their lateral momentum when moving fast, limiting their ...

NASA has tested some of the strangest aircraft designs in history, but few are as bizarre as the oblique wing aircraft—an ...

Future airplanes are ditching traditional wing design for something sleeker—long, thin wings braced with supports that make them more aerodynamic. These futuristic wings are set to slash fuel ...

Two planes clipped wings even after new safety measures were announced at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following the fatal crash in January.

The curved design of winglets make planes more efficient because of the way aerodynamics work ... some of the airflow around a wing is redirected back toward the plane, which reduces the strength ...