In this explanation video you'll learn how an aircraft is controlled with the help of great graphics, you'll understand the role of the control surfaces, primary and secondary. This is a really ...

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that ...

This year the world will be celebrating 120 years since the historic first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright, an event which marked the start of humanity’s expansion into the skies (and later into ...

BAE Systems has unveiled a new aircraft design that could be a major advance in stealth technology. The new MAGMA drone does away with aircraft control surfaces, resulting in an aircraft whose shape ...

This completes flight phase testing of the company’s eVTOL prototype. Vertical moves closer to certification, with planned launch of its commercial aircraft in 2028.

A blended wing-body (BWB) aircraft's control surfaces will have to be two to three times larger than those of conventional aircraft to provide the deflective forces needed for manoeuvring, say ...

Modern aerospace engineering increasingly relies on the seamless integration of advanced performance modelling with state‐of‐the‐art flight control systems. These systems optimise aerodynamic ...

Key point: A stealth revolution coming soon? Researchers at BAE Systems and The University of Manchester successfully test-flew an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle with no moving control surfaces, ...

Mid-flight, planes typically appear to be unmoving, solid pieces. But upon closer inspection, their moving, flapping, rotating parts — otherwise known as aircraft control surfaces — are quickly ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a potential $211.9 million delivery order under a basic ordering agreement to repair flight control surfaces on F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G fighter aircraft. The ...