The image that crosses the mind of most people when Italian design is brought up is that of smooth sports vehicles, haute fashion, and the chic Italian architecture. But this worship of beauty goes ...

Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X7 already sported a radical design, even within the wild world of hybrid eVTOLs. That design has now been updated, however, for enhanced aerodynamics, cruising performance ...

The conceptual design stage is a key step in aircraft development, laying the foundation for performance, efficiency and innovation. Traditionally, this process relies heavily on experienced designers ...

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Greg Mercer is backing Skytron, a four-seat fly-by-wire aircraft aimed at reducing pilot workload ...

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape ...

Aurora Flight Sciences' uncrewed, blended-wing design for an experimental vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft will move into the next design phase after a DARPA contract award. More companies could ...

Aircraft designers and aeronautical engineers (the distinction between the two is unimportant within the industry) use cutting-edge materials, systems and processes, along with their ingenuity, to ...

China revealed a large trijet on Dec. 26 with a configuration that points to a strike role and a regional mission. Credit: Colin Throm/AW&ST China’s debut of two new combat aircraft sparked immediate ...