At the very crux of engineering is the desire to problem-solve, optimize, and squeeze out every bit of efficiency possible from the system being built. Aircraft design and aeronautical engineering ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writing about vertical flight aircraft & advanced aviation technology. The EHang 184 electric VTOL aircraft has two ...

These strangely-shaped twisted-loop propellers look like a revolutionary (sorry) advance for the aviation and marine sectors. Radically quieter than traditional propellers in both air and water, ...

The U.S. Army Air Forces commissioned the Fisher P-75 Eagle, an unconventional fighter designed by an auto manufacturer, instead of modifying existing aircraft. The P-75 featured a complex and ...

In the very near future, electric propulsion will reach for the sky. Already several companies are working on airplanes that use electric motors instead of the usual engines, as a means to kill ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The pilot of a light plane that crashed into a suburban street in Sydney's south-west last month knew 15 minutes before he died that the ...

Airbus has unveiled a hydrogen-powered prototype with four electric engines, resembling old propeller planes from the outside – but inside, it hides futuristic technology based on fuel cells. Airbus ...