Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying on rigid flaps and heavy hydraulics. The key is a family of “metals with ...

Latecoere’s Elcocos project for aircraft doors targets faster manufacturing and the use of fewer raw materials. Credit: Latecoere/Motion Palace With weight savings at the top of the list for any ...

The crashworthiness of aircraft structures is a critical aspect of aerospace design, directly influencing occupant survivability and overall safety performance during impact events. This field ...

On this occasion, the project coordinator, Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation, together with project consortium members: Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze Sp. z o. o ...

United Aircraft Corp subsidiary AeroComposite has delivered the first centre wingbox for the Irkut MC-21 aircraft, a new narrowbody design scheduled to complete first flight by the end of the year.

iSurface, a project led by Munro Technology, Z Prime, Axalp Technologies AG and researchers from Swiss university of applied sciences FHNW (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz), unveiled a new intelligent ...

Structural battery cells following the two concepts studied in SOLIFLY. AIT’s reinforced multilayer stack (RMS, left) and UNIVIE’s coated carbon fibers (CCF, right). Source | Alexander Beutl (left) ...