Birds do it. Bees do it. And now, increasingly, aircraft engineers are falling in love with the idea of studying the natural world to find solutions that can be adapted and applied to the design of ...

Man has long tried to imitate birds in building all types of aircraft, to varying degrees of success. A new concept aircraft from Airbus, now in its second stage of testing, is taking biomimicry to a ...

Enjoy a hands-on day exploring the exciting world of biomimicry through interactive activities all about wings! But what exactly is biomimicry? This practice helps solve human challenges by drawing ...

The design and engineering decisions that make the A350 so compelling.

A ‘sharkskin’ coating is the latest nature-inspired innovation helping reduce aircraft fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, by reducing frictional resistance. By applying a total of 830 square meters ...