Engineers are closing in on a long imagined goal in aviation, wings that can subtly change shape in midair instead of relying ...

GKN Aerospace announced that it has delivered the first FTE for Airbus’ ”Wing of tomorrow” research programme from its global technology centre (GTC) in Bristol. This builds upon the successful ...

The Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) project at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has just replaced an airplane’s aluminum flaps with a continuously bendable surface assembly that forms ...