Aerodynamic modelling and flight testing remain at the forefront of aircraft design and verification, providing the essential linkage between computational simulations and real-world performance.

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has completed fuselage fabrication for the X-65, an experimental aircraft that ...

The system can be reconfigured in real time while the X-plane is still in the air. The US Air Force's X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) is one of the world's premiere flying ...

How NASA used the F-104 Starfighter's razor-thin wing to explore supersonic handling, shuttle approaches, and X-15 support.

The Douglas X-3 Stiletto fell short of Mach 2 but revealed roll coupling risks and advanced titanium use in early supersonic ...

Modern aerospace engineering increasingly relies on the seamless integration of advanced performance modelling with state‐of‐the‐art flight control systems. These systems optimise aerodynamic ...

The US Navy (USN) has completed its first test flight using an uncrewed aircraft control station that will be installed on the service’s fleet of aircraft carriers. In a demonstration event on 7 ...

Near Earth Autonomy advances the RUC-60 autonomous Black Hawk program, preparing surplus UH-60 helicopters for military logistics missions.

In November, Beta Technologies (South Burlington, Vt., U.S.) announced completion of its first Alia conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft flight, which was also the first electric aircraft ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced it has reached a landmark moment in its ...

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 ...

MARINA – Joby Aviation, on its way to commercial flight of its all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi, is preparing for final assembly of the first of several conforming aircraft ...