A folding wing-tip on a commercial airliner is never supposed to fail. With the first such mechanism scheduled to enter service on the 777X family in two years, Boeing set a goal to design a folding ...

Airbus has announced what it calls “an extra-performing wing demonstrator” that will accelerate and validate technologies to improve and optimize the wing aerodynamics and performance for future ...

Russian researchers have raised the possibility that an Antonov An-124 successor could be designed with folding wing-tips to improve aerodynamic efficiency. The aircraft – dubbed ‘Slon’, meaning ...

Airbus engineers have developed a scale-model aeroplane with the first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionise aircraft wing-design. The aerospace giant has drawn on nature to develop ...

Airbus is working on a unique airplane design that involves flapping wing tips, something found on military jets but not commercial aircraft. The company successfully tested a remote-controlled ...