Photo: Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. The aircraft industry inspired many automotive designs and technologies over the years, but these five concept cars have taken the aircraft-inspired theme to a ...

The Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Platform Sharing program exploits the biology’s “genus” and “species” concept, which will allow the use of a common base system to build large numbers of inexpensive, ...

Seattle-based startup for aerial mobility Jetoptera tested its innovative bladeless VTOL aircraft concept to demonstrate its ability to reach speeds of 0.8 Mach or 614 mph. The data was reported ...

When electric aircraft developer Joby Aviation in August unveiled its concept for a hybrid-powered, optionally piloted variant of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) S4 air taxi, it ...

The future of aircraft may look very similar to today’s superficially — but under the hood (or sitting next to the tail fins) they will likely be quite different. That’s the future NASA is hoping to ...

Southern California start-up Natilus has emerged with a blended wing-body (BWB) aircraft design it believes will upend decades of tube-and-wing dominance in the commercial jet market. “When we started ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...

NewSpace displayed a half-scale model of the Abhimanyu CCA at Aero India 2025. (Janes/Prasobh Narayanan) NewSpace Research and Technologies (NRT) unveiled a concept model of its collaborative combat ...

The conceptual design stage is a key step in aircraft development, laying the foundation for performance, efficiency and innovation. Traditionally, this process relies heavily on experienced designers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gaurav Sharma is a London-based analyst who covers energy & ESG. In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint, the global aviation ...