Why The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Has Such A Massive Wing Flex

The jet's wing flex allows the aircraft to withstand challenging outside conditions while limiting disturbance for passengers ...

The Boeing 787’s Unique Design That Reduces Turbulence Sensitivity

Turbulence is a common, and often harmless, part of air travel. It is caused by irregular airflow in the atmosphere and occurs when air masses moving at different speeds or directions interact, ...
JEC Composites

Aurora Flight Sciences to design high-speed, vertical lift X-Plane

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, has been selected for phase 1 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane ...
WOOD-TV

Electra's Hybrid-Electric Ultra Short Achieves Breakthrough Wind Tunnel Performance, 7X Greater Lift than Conventional Aircraft

Testing at MIT's Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel validates that the EL9's blown lift wing design unlocks novel aviation capabilities including the ability to take off and land in 150 feet CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
Flightglobal

Aurora completes wind-tunnel testing on experimental fan-in-wing design

Aurora Flight Sciences has finished windtunnel testing an experimental fan-in-wing design for a Pentagon X-plane competition. The Boeing subsidiary says it recently wrapped up stability and control ...
The Victoria Advocate

Electra's Hybrid-Electric Ultra Short Achieves Breakthrough Wind Tunnel Performance, 7X Greater Lift than Conventional Aircraft

Testing at MIT's Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel validates that the EL9's blown lift wing design unlocks novel aviation capabilities including the ability to take off and land in 150 feet This ...