A drone is only as good as its battery. Some last for as little as five minutes, which is barely enough time to take to the air and do anything. This Foldable HD Dual Camera Mini Drone, currently on ...

The Boeing 777X's innovative design feature has captured global attention. But how do these folding wings actually work?

The aircraft's design is intriguing: Folding wingtips will let the 777X fit at existing airport gates while still giving the wings the lift they need. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A ...

Folding the tips of a wing in flight can increase stability and reduce drag, NASA flight tests have shown. Now researchers plan additional flights to test control laws that actively adjust wing fold ...

Planes that can fold their wings to different angles while in the air have the potential to fly faster than their peers, and NASA has recently made headway into their development. The space agency has ...

A "game changing" new foldable heat shield got its first flight test today, paving the way to larger, lighter deep space planetary missions. At Spaceport America in New Mexico, a test version of the ...