A Chinese research team has revealed plans for a new 800-passenger flying-wing aircraft design. This proposed aircraft features a wingspan larger than the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and aims for ...

As the U.S. Air Force is moving to modernize its fleet of aircraft, it is looking to new and innovative designs to help it advance its goals. And one such design is that of a blended-wing body ...

Annemarije de Boer is a Los Angeles-based director and visual storyteller specializing in technology reviews and digital innovation journalism. Drawing from her BA in Psychology and decades of ...

The world of experimental self-built aircraft is full of oddities, but perhaps the most eye-catching of all is the JD-2 “Dyke Delta” designed and built by [John Dyke] in the 1960s. Built to copy some ...

Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a tube with wings and a stabilizing tail tacked onto one end of said tube. Yet it is also no secret that the lift ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Blended wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading ...

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned aerial logistics and even tactical ISR missions. Sikorsky announced it has ...