Aircraft wing designs have constantly been reworked over the years. From the Wright brothers mulling over the likes of aspect ratios in their bid to achieve the first flight in the early 1900s, to ...

The X-29 was an extraordinary American test aircraft built to prove that forward-swept wings, advanced composites, and ...

Summary: The Su-47 Berkut, developed in post-Soviet Russia during the 1990s, showcased forward-swept wings and was an attempt at a stealth fighter, though experts debate its stealth capabilities.

The odd wings were set far back on the fuselage, and instead of having tail stabilizers they had canards set forward of the wings. The familiarity sprang from the fact that the designers saved money ...

An 18-year-old from Olympia, Washington, has just taken a significant step toward transforming the way we think about aviation. Kevin Shen’s new take on oblique-wing design not only achieves a higher ...

A team of engineers has built and tested a new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing can change shape to control the plane’s flight, and could provide a ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-16 SFW (Forward-Swept Wing) was an experimental fighter developed by General Dynamics in the 1970s as part of DARPA’s Forward Swept Wing Program. Designed to reduce drag ...

Described by Northrop Grumman as a sixth-generation bomber, the US Air Force's new B-21 Raider pairs the most modern stealth and targeting technology with what is actually a throwback-style design. It ...

Bell completed the wing structures for the first two MV-75 Cheyenne II tiltrotors, which will soon join fuselage and engine nacelles currently progressing through assembly. Bell has announced that it ...