A new type of passenger plane will adopt a design that blends wings into the aircraft's body, which its creators say will cut ...

Engineers are always looking at ways to make planes more efficient and wing design is one of the most important ways of achieving this. Designs of the future could include huge, curved wing shapes ...

Boeing now has its eye on bigger, tastier goals. It believes by switching to a truss-braced wing design, it could net double-digit efficiency gains. It’s working together with NASA to see if ...

The wings are over 10m wider than a football pitchand ... measurements and the number of pieces produced. They could also design a simple jig for a repeat application, such as drilling two holes ...