To increase the aerodynamic efficiency of the future generation of short- and medium-range aircraft, the aspect ratio (ratio of wingspan to wing area) is continuously increased. From an aeroelastic ...

The Boeing 777-8F is the freighter variant of the Boeing 777X family, a plane that is designed to replace and surpass the Boeing 777F on long-haul, heavy-cargo routes. The aircraft offers the Boeing ...

Aerodynamic shape optimization and design sits at the intersection of fluid mechanics, computational modelling and advanced optimisation algorithms. This field seeks to refine the contours of ...

A European project to design a wing for a next-generation regional turboprop is closing in on the production of a series of demonstrators that will mature the underlying technologies required. Called ...

Airbus UpNext, the airframer’s innovation arm, has completed the installation of its eXtra Performance Wing onto a Cessna Citation VII business jet that will next year serve as a flying testbed for ...