Aerospace engineering and aeronautical engineering are closely related fields that deal with the design, development, and operation of aircraft and spacecraft. However, they differ in scope and focus ...

Aircraft maintenance exists within a paradigm shaped by operational urgency, safety requirements, and persistent cost pressure.

John Bird, Ph.D., and Afroza Shirin, Ph.D., stand with a model aircraft used in their research on soaring. With a new grant from DARPA, the two are using insights from bird flight to develop uncrewed ...