Having two decks on an aircraft is no easy feat to manage. The Airbus A380 reimagined how stairs can be used onboard, doing so on a massive scale.

Aircraft wings have changed drastically throughout the years, with efficiency now a key factor in designs.

SAN ANTONIO — November 4, 2024 —Southwest Research Institute has received two contracts totaling $23 million from the U.S. Air Force for a program to address aging aircraft structures and material ...

Inside the massive testing hangars across Seattle and Everett, the world's biggest jetliners are turned into mechanical lab rats. Hydraulic actuators yank their wings skyward, compressors simulate ...

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company’s Advanced Development Programs sector is proposing a morphing wing design that can be locked into either an expanded or contracted position. Key to enabling this ...

With the completion of the project TOAST (ThermOplast Additive Manufacturing STrukturen), Premium AEROTEC present the impressive potential which a modern hybrid design of carbon fibre reinforced ...

German regional aircraft OEM Deutsche Aircraft and Indian aerostructures manufacturer Dynamatic Technologies have inaugurated the rear fuselage assembly line for the forthcoming 40-seat D328eco ...

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The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...