JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – You may one day board a plane where the wings will look very different. Future airplanes are ditching traditional wing design for something sleeker—long, thin wings braced with ...
NASA will invest $425 million to help Boeing develop a demonstrator aircraft for its Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design, which the space agency hopes will improve the fuel efficiency of commercial ...
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More fuel-efficient aircraft could be developed, new method offers accurate drag predictions
A proposed computational approach could help develop more fuel-efficient aircraft, according to researchers. The ...
The aircraft will be similar in size to a Boeing 737 and feature longer, thinner wings supported by diagonal struts, reducing drag and enabling the use of larger, more fuel-efficient engines. The ...
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