May 17 (UPI) --NASA on Friday announced it has created a new digital modeling tool for engineers to simulate conceptual aircraft designs. The new Aviary tool allows researchers to digitally test how ...

NASA’s Transformational Tools and Technologies project integrates AI, advanced materials, and computational methods to accelerate aerospace design and improve aircraft and space systems.

Aircraft fuel consumption and performance modelling are central to addressing the dual imperatives of economic efficiency and environmental sustainability in modern aviation. This field integrates ...

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.

The Model 281 Proteus and Model 401 Sierra were on static display at Nellis Air Force Base for Aviation Nation 2025. Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, hosted the Aviation Nation 2025 airshow on Apr. 5-6, ...

Researchers at Purdue University have created a turbulence model for vortex collisions that could allow aircraft engineers and designers to build aircraft more capable of handling extreme scenarios.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In 2018, passengers onboard a flight to Australia experienced a terrifying 10-second nosedive when a vortex trailing their plane crossed into the wake of another flight. The ...

The U.S. Air Force believes new digital aerospace engineering processes—using computers to design, model, and test aircraft before an actual prototype is built—are so revolutionary that it will now ...

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 ...