Folding wings are not something that is often associated with commercial aviation, but the 777X breaks this norm. How do these systems work?

In space, NASA is grappling with potential ISS funding issues, but on Earth, the agency is working hard to improve the efficiency of flight via wings that can fold while an aircraft is flying. It's ...

When a hawk folds its wings, it plummets to the earth in a controlled high-speed dive. Not exactly the kind of scenario we’d imagine being ideal for modern aircraft. But wing folding can have ...

NASA recently launched a new program with Boeing and aeronautics company Area-I to test wings equipped with actuators that would allow them to fold during flight. The folding wings project, called ...

If you've ever watched a flying bird weaving its way through a forest, you may have wondered how it could do so without hitting its wings on the trees. Well, birds actually do hit trees with their ...

“Making our wings longer, leaner and lighter helps our aircraft rely more on flight physics and less on fuel” – so says Airbus . The European planemaker is investing a fortune in its Wing of Tomorrow ...