NASA completed the first flight of a new laminar-flow scale-model wing on an F-15B testbed that aims to cut drag and reduce fuel burn on future aircraft.

American space agency NASA announced it conducted the first test flight of the Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow wing ...

NASA's Crossflow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) scale-model wing flies for the first time on a NASA F-15 research ...

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Airbus says the drag-reducing effects of the experimental wings on its laminar-flow demonstrator aircraft are proving better than previously thought, making application of the technology on a ...

In the quest for greater efficiency of large transport aircraft, efforts to reduce wing drag through conventional aerodynamic tweaks have largely been exhausted, in the view of Airbus senior ...

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Flight tests of an experimental low-drag laminar flow stub wing section are underway at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research ...

Airbus' A340 laminar-flow “BLADE” test demonstrator aircraft (A340-300) has made its successful maiden flight for the EU-sponsored Clean Sky “Blade” project. The aircraft, dubbed “Flight Lab”, took ...

NASA successfully conducted the first flight of a new wing design that could pave the way for more fuel-efficient commercial ...

The aim is to make aviation in Europe climate-neutral by 2050. An important part of this is reducing the drag of future aircraft, with the wings playing a major role. The wings not only generate the ...

Airbus’ A340 laminar-flow Blade test demonstrator aircraft has made its successful maiden flight for the EU-sponsored Clean Sky Blade project. The aircraft, dubbed Flight Lab, took off from the Tarbes ...