Boeing has launched a new Nacelle and Flight-Control Surface Exchange Programme providing airlines an integrated and economical solution. Under the programme, customers can exchange nacelle and flight ...

Secondary aircraft control surfaces, including trim tabs, flaps/slats, and spoilers, enhance flight performance, particularly at low speeds, and reduce pilot workload by augmenting primary controls.

A B-21 Raider conducts flight tests, which includes ground testing, taxiing and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in June 2026. (US Air Force) Recent photographs of the ...

The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider remains on track to enter service in 2027. Currently, there are an unknown number of B-21s under construction, and the aircraft is now in advanced testing. After it ...

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 ...

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...

A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency X-plane employing bursts of air to initiate climbs, turns and descents rather than traditional flight control surfaces is scheduled to fly in 2027 after a ...

The FAA proposed an airworthiness directive published March 22 that would require installation of placards on automated flight control surfaces and flight manual ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.