An analysis of hoverfly flight shows that wing design, not faster flapping, enables the smallest species to generate enough lift to fly. The physics of flight becomes more difficult the smaller ...

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 ...

A bird bursting from the ocean or a mobula ray launching skyward makes the transition from water to air look effortless. For ...

The Ikhana unmanned aircraft system has been used by NASA last year to fight wildfires from the sky and this month to provide images of current Californian wildfires to authorities (link to NASA ...

Icing poses a severe and insidious threat to aircraft, significantly degrading aerodynamic performance (reducing lift, increasing drag) even with minimal accumulation, and can quickly lead to critical ...

For more than a century, aircraft have relied on hinges, hydraulics, and mechanical control surfaces to maneuver through the ...

Even the giant wings of the albatross are not "optimally" shaped for their extraordinary long-distance migrations, according to new University of Bristol research. The study, published in Nature ...

Even the giant wings of the albatross are not ‘optimally’ shaped for their extraordinary long-distance migrations, according to new University of Bristol research. The study, published in Nature ...

Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly – compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Now, experts have found ...

An analysis of hoverfly flight shows that wing design, not faster flapping, enables the smallest species to generate enough lift to fly. The study, published today in eLife as the final Version of ...