Airbus is testing a new type of experimental wing that the company hopes could revolutionize how airplanes fly. The new extra performance wing demonstrator took off for the first time on November 6, ...

Airbus opened a new Wing Technology Development Centre (WTDC) at its Filton site last July to accelerate the design, construction, and testing of wings for the next generation of jets. Airbus says ...

Lockheed Martin says the wings of its popular C-130J tactical transport have a significantly longer lifespan than previously believed. Using funds from the US and Canadian air forces, Lockheed ...

NASA's X-29 tested forward-swept wings and digital fly-by-wire control, advancing unstable aircraft design and high-angle flight research.

Airbus has begun the first phase of load testing on a demonstrator wing developed under its Wing of Tomorrow programme that will eventually see the structure tested to destruction. Initial ...