A supersonic business jet (SSBJ) with a variable geometry wing could land on short runways and fly 6,000ft (1,830m) lower than a fixed-wing SSBJ, says a European study. As well as the lower altitude ...

ANN ARBOR (WWJ) --An Ann Arbor company is giving the aviation industry its long-sought, elusive goal of practical seamless control surface technologies. A variable geometry airfoil, called FlexFoil, ...

A supersonic business jet with a variable geometry wing could land on short runways and fly 6,000ft (1,830m) lower than a fixed-wing SSBJ, says a European study. As well as the lower altitude and ...

McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's F-4 Phantom was quickly becoming the do-all fighter by the mid 1960s, able to lug thousands of pounds of bombs on one mission and then strictly air-to-air missiles the ...

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, one of the most iconic fighter jets of the 20th century, is famous for featuring a swing-wing mechanism. It was the second mass-produced aircraft with variable-sweep wings, ...