NASA has tested a scaled laminar-flow wing design beneath an F-15B aircraft, showing promise for reducing aerodynamic drag by up to 10%. The technology could significantly cut fuel use and emissions ...
American space agency NASA is about to start flight tests of a new kind of wind design that could take advantage of laminar ...
A team of NASA researchers successfully performed a high-speed taxi test that could help ...
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The upcoming test campaign at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is the culmination of the program that included ...
An F-15 is helping NASA to gather valuable insights into how future commercial jets could save fuel and reduce the price ...
NASA's Cross Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow test article is mounted beneath the agency's F-15 research aircraft ahead ...
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 ...
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 ...
Airbus intends to later this month start flight-testing an A340 that has been fitted with experimental laminar-flow wing sections under a partially EU-funded technology project with other industrial ...
The “Blade” laminar flow wing demonstrator may reduce wing friction by 50%, improving fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions by 5%. Airbus SAS completed the first test flight for its A340 ...