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NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel ...

NASA Successfully Tests Drag-Reducing Laminar-Flow Wing in Flight

NASA has successfully flown its 40-inch CATNLF laminar-flow wing model aboard an F-15B at Armstrong Flight Research Center.
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Airbus UpNext completes installation of morphing eXtra Performance Wing on Citation VII testbed

Airbus UpNext, the airframer’s innovation arm, has completed the installation of its eXtra Performance Wing onto a Cessna Citation VII business jet that will next year serve as a flying testbed for ...
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This radical plane concept with an all-in-one wing could be the future of flight. See the leading designs.

"Blended wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading development of these efficient flying wings. The jets would burn ...
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight

EDWARDS, Calif. — NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., provided critical support for the first flight July 20 of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test ...