Two of the most notable developments with the upcoming Boeing 777X are its massive General Aerospace GE9X engines and its folding wingtips. While it is usual for aircraft to have unfolding wings, it ...

It's been nearly a century since William Boeing laid the groundwork for his namesake company, and over the ensuing decades, Boeing became one of the most prominent names in the aviation arena. In that ...

Foldable wings have played an obscure part in aviation since its earliest days when the Wright brothers used pulleys and ...

Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for ...