American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ...

The Boeing 777X is set to revolutionize long-haul air travel when it eventually enters commercial service in 2027. The US ...

These wings could be a game-changer for aircraft, with experts from NASA and Boeing now exploring the development and ...

More than a century of aviation has given us humans certain preconceptions when it comes to the machines that fly in our sky. Just take the shape of an aircraft into consideration. The simple mention ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury suggests that future passenger aircraft could adopt a stealthy blended wing body design similar to military aircraft, offering fuel efficiency and more passenger comfort, ...

A blended-wing body aircraft is essentially one giant wing with the cabin built inside. Two California companies are racing Airbus to market.

The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-16 SFW (Forward-Swept Wing) was an experimental fighter developed by General Dynamics in the 1970s as part of DARPA’s Forward Swept Wing Program. Designed to reduce drag ...