XI'AN -- In a breakthrough for bio-inspired robotics, a team of Chinese engineers has designed a robot that flaps its wings and is capable of autonomous takeoff, much like a bird. Named RoboFalcon2.0, ...

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand ...

Small flying robots face a persistent tradeoff between endurance and complexity. Flapping-wing designs can generate thrust ...

NASA has tested a scaled laminar-flow wing design beneath an F-15B aircraft, showing promise for reducing aerodynamic drag by up to 10%. The technology could significantly cut fuel use and emissions ...

The upcoming test campaign at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is the culmination of the program that included ...

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A historic preservation group previously sued over the construction plan. The White House on Thursday presented the latest plans for the East Wing renovation project, the construction of a ...

Over the past ten years or so, American space agency NASA has become a major player in the aviation industry, getting itself involved in all sorts of projects meant to inform the design of the ...

The proposed design of the East Wing by McCrery Architects, which President Trump unveiled in October, featured a ballroom with a capacity of 1,350 seats. That would have made the building at least ...

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape ...

The RoBird™ Fixed-Wing expands AERIUM’s mission of safe and effective wildlife management. Inspired by the natural flight of peregrine falcons (Just as the RoBird™ Flapping-Wing does). This model ...

An 18-year-old from Olympia, Washington, has just taken a significant step toward transforming the way we think about aviation. Kevin Shen’s new take on oblique-wing design not only achieves a higher ...