Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The B-21 bomber pairs cutting edge tech with a throwback aircraft design. It is based on a visionary aircraft design that dates ...

The flying wing design is niche and rare today, but the concept has been the focus of study for 100 years. The flying wing design is intuitive but relatively rare. As the name implies, a flying wing ...

Northrop's YB-49 challenged conventional aircraft design, pushing the boundaries with its radical concept and technological advancements.

The aircraft is similar to another concept model revealed during the 2018 Singapore Air Show, called the Star Shadow, which was developed with an unspecified Chinese institution. A new flying wing ...

The Rotor Blown Wing is a hybrid-electric, fully autonomous flying wing aircraft. Credit: Sikorsky NASHVILLE—Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the company ...

On Dec. 17, 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew the first powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That was a world-changing innovation that's been built upon ever since, and in the 120 ...

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned aerial logistics and even tactical ISR missions. Sikorsky announced it has ...

Sikorsky is developing a new family of large, autonomous, hybrid-electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. The first demonstrator, called HEX, will feature a unique tilt-wing architecture ...