Airbus is moving ahead with its vision of aircraft with active wing control, following successful wind tunnel tests at its facility near Bristol, England. The company is working to mimic the behavior ...

Bio-inspired wind sensing using strain sensors on flexible wings could revolutionize robotic flight control strategy. Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a method to detect wind ...

Both multicopter and fixed-wing drones use up a lot of battery power when fighting the wind. The Morpho VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drone addresses this problem with morphing wings that adapt ...

A study in the United States analyzed flight patterns of birds, and it could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is helping accelerate the future of advanced air mobility (AAM) by testing a unique model wing that could shape the next ...

The eXtra Performance Wing project, launched last September, takes inspiration from nature to improve wing aerodynamics and performance that is intended to be compatible with any future aircraft ...

AMES, Iowa – From somewhere back behind the Iowa State University Icing Research Tunnel, Rye Waldman called out to see if Hui Hu was ready for a spray of cold water. The wind tunnel was down to 10 ...

What are they doing out there ‘surfing’ above the flat water with that bright sail? If you have visited lakes in the Truckee-Tahoe region this summer, you may have seen “wing foilers” racing back and ...