Saab’s Gripen E multirole fighter has been chalking up some milestones of late, including the delivery of a first series-produced aircraft to the Swedish government, for pre-service tests.
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How Are Modern Aircraft Wings Designed?
Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage.
Aircraft wing designers have drawn their inspiration from birds since the dawn of aviation. But engineers are still finding ways of improving design based on examples found in the ornithological world ...
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Ultra-long, thin wings tested in US promise smoother, cheaper flights
Engineers in the United States are betting that ultra-long, ultra-thin wings can make jet travel quieter, smoother and ...
In autumn 2024 and May 2025, the Institute of Aeroelasticity had the opportunities to conduct a ground vibration test on two flying wing gliders. As similar as the aircraft are in terms of their ...
PALMDALE, California—The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman on Dec. 2 introduced to the world the next generation of stealth, a new, post-Cold War strategic bomber with a new focus on potential ...
Jeer UAV displayed at the Edge Group stall during IDEX 2025. (Janes/Amit Kalra) Edge Group unveiled a prototype of a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named Jeer at ...
Two of the best-performing World War II fighters, a Supermarine Spitfire (left) and a North American P-51 (flying together on July 17, 2011) had wings and horizontal stabilizers of vastly different ...
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