NASA and Boeing have effectively cancelled the X-66 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept demonstrator aircraft. Officially described as a "pause," development of the thin-wing airplane is being ...

A new artificial intelligence tool could accelerate the design of cutting-edge aircraft wings. Luminary Cloud, a platform that uses advanced physics simulations to help engineers experiment with ...

Boeing has taken the wraps off of a new ultra-thin wing concept designed to improve the performance of transonic aircraft traveling at speeds of Mach 0.8 (593 mph, 955 km/h). The latest version of the ...

Already in the early development phase of new transport aircraft, it is crucial to know the aerodynamic loads occurring in flight as precisely as possible in order to realize potentials for weight ...