Abstract: There are three major phases of Aircraft Design: (1) conceptual design, (2) preliminary design, and (3) detail design. The Aircraft Design process starts with identifying requirements and ...

Drag is the aerodynamic force that opposes an aircraft’s motion through the air. Being able to predict drag accurately at an ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Computational aerodynamics offers one of the most promising means of improving the productivity of the aircraft design process. Evaluation of ...

Testing how an artificial intelligence (AI) “brain” can control a fighter-sized aircraft remains the goal of the Skyborg program. But the first prototype will also serve as a guinea pig for a new ...

The U.S. Air Force has stood up an Advanced Aircraft office charged with creating a new aircraft design process that is intended to drive a new vision for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) ...

A proposed computational approach could help develop more fuel-efficient aircraft, according to researchers. The ...

Bell Helicopter challenged its Innovation Team to accelerate its aircraft design process. Turning to VR as a key improvement to their design pipeline, the team created the FCX-001, the company’s first ...

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division provided essential feedback on the future MEDEVAC cabin design within the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA, requirements, ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted BAE Systems to progress “revolutionary” aircraft design and testing. A screenshot of a BAE Systems video conceptualising its ...