CubCrafters has introduced Electric Lift Augmenting Slats (ELAS), an innovation designed to dramatically increase wing lift for aircraft. ELAS combines electric ducted fans with leading-edge lifting ...

CubCrafters' NX Cub test aircraft with the ELAS system mounted on the leading edge of the wing. The company began flight testing last Friday. Yakima, Washington-based CubCrafters is already known for ...

A manufacturing defect will require the replacement of leading edge slat tracks on a small subset of the global fleet of Boeing 737NG and Max aircraft. Operators with affected aircraft have 10 days to ...

Although an airliner's engines may be quite loud on takeoff, its wings also create a lot of wind noise when it's landing. According to a new study, the latter problem could be addressed with the ...