Boeing’s ‘airplane that never flies’: Exclusive look at how the 777-9 is pushed through three lifetimes

Every few minutes, a Boeing 777-9 suspended inside a massive steel test rig at company's Everett facility experiences another ...
Tech Xplore

Researchers mimicked bird bones to create lightweight, high-performance structures

Using bird bone structure as inspiration, Xin Ning and Sepideh Ebad Sichani, Ph.D. '26, have created a new class of aircraft ...

The B-21 Raider airframe integrates radar-absorbent material directly into its composite structure in a way no previous stealth aircraft has done

The B-21's revolution in stealth technology from nose to tail.
Hackaday

Building A Flying Blended Wing Body Aircraft Prototype

Anyone with an inkling of interest in super-sized remote control aircraft probably has at least seen some of the mind-blowing projects that [Ramy RC] has worked on over the years, with examples like ...
Drexel University

Drexel Engineers Develop Tool to Predict Fatigue Crack Growth in Aircraft Fuselages

A research team at Drexel University's College of Engineering, led by Professors Ahmad R. Najafi, Jonathan Awerbuch, and Tein-Min Tan of mechanical engineering and mechanics, has developed a new way ...
Defense News

First F-47 now being built, will fly in 2028: US Air Force chief

The first F-47, Boeing's successful pitch for the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter aircraft, is now being built and will fly for the first time in 2028, Gen. David Allvin said. (Air Force) ...
Jalopnik

Here's Why New Boeing Aircraft Are Painted Green

At first glance, a freshly built Boeing 737 appears to have an odd green patchwork that might look like a shoddy paint job from a sketchy shop. In reality, the green coating on newly assembled Boeing ...
EurekAlert!

SwRI receives up to $250 million to sustain aging US military aircraft structure

SwRI will continue its decades-long support of aging military aircraft with a new $250 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The contract will continue aircraft life extension ...
Cal Alumni Association

How Do Social Structures Shape Your Well-Being?

Systemic, structural change has always been a part of the perspective of the Greater Good Science Center. In a 2022 essay, editor Jeremy Adam Smith defines structural forces in the context of our work ...
Aviation Week

India-Based Assembly Line For Deutsche Aircraft Structures Opens

German regional aircraft OEM Deutsche Aircraft and Indian aerostructures manufacturer Dynamatic Technologies have inaugurated the rear fuselage assembly line for the forthcoming 40-seat D328eco ...
Forbes

Capital Structure: Frameworks And How Companies Make Financing Decisions

Capital structure refers to the mix of funding sources a company uses to finance its assets and its operations. The sources typically can be bucketed into equity and debt. Using internally generated ...
Morningstar

SAFE Structure Designs Awarded Contract to Engineer and Manufacture Custom Aircraft Maintenance Crane for the Presidential Aircraft Air Force One and Air Force Two

LAS VEGAS, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- S.A.F.E. Structure Designs, a leading aviation maintenance equipment manufacturer and defense contractor, has been awarded a contract by L3Harris Technologies ...