One doesn't have to be an aviator to understand how an aircraft works. In simplistic terms, engines push it through the air, the wings provide lift, and various control surfaces like stabilizers, ...

The contracts are for the sustainment of spares and repairs crucial for the F/A-18 aircraft’s flight control surfaces (FCS). Logisticians and contracting professionals from NAVSUP (Naval Supply ...

DARPA's CRANE program aims to eliminate traditional external aircraft control surfaces by developing the X-65, an experimental demonstrator aircraft. The X-65 will use Active Flow Control (AFC) ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a potential $211.9 million delivery order under a basic ordering agreement to repair flight control surfaces on F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G fighter aircraft. The ...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential $211 million delivery order under a basic ordering agreement to deliver flight control surface spares for the F/A-18 E/F and E/A-18G aircraft to the U.S. Navy ...

Aircraft performance and flight control systems together determine an aeroplane’s ability to fly safely, efficiently and accurately along a desired trajectory. Performance considerations encompass ...

Footage showing Airbus A380 pilots performing flight control surface checks, highlighting the aircraft’s movements, system responses, and the real-world procedures carried out before departure. Trump ...

Emerging aviation technologies developer Aurora Flight Sciences is progressing with assembly of its prototype X-65 active flow control demonstrator. Aurora on 20 November shared an image of the X-65 ...

An artist's rendering of Aurora Flight Sciences' CRANE design. The first flight is scheduled in 2025. (DARPA) The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Aurora Flight Sciences ...