The strut- or truss-braced wing is an idea with a long history that is receiving increased attention as manufacturers search for airliner configurations that will substantially reduce fuel consumption ...

It started as an idea for a footbridge to get college students safely over the busy Tamiami Trail. But fueled by millions of dollars in available federal stimulus grants, Florida International ...

Boeing has made design tweaks that allow its in-development truss-braced wing to operate at typical jet cruise speeds, a development that could bring significant fuel savings to tomorrow’s commercial ...

Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, today announced that it has successfully introduced next-generation design and manufacturing techniques ...

Exposed trusses are exceptional architectural elements, at once structural -- they hold up the roof -- while modulating a space to give it scale and rhythm. But with the many truss types out there, ...

Two spacewalking grandfathers have finished bolting a massive girder to the international space station. Astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis are now halfway through the four spacewalks ...