Fiber Optics Control Loads On Flexible Wing
Credit: NASA
Technology to sense and redistribute airloads on a wing in real time using a fiber-optic network—a key to enabling lightweight, low-drag, slender and flexible wings on future airliners—has been flight-tested by NASA using a small unmanned aircraft. The APV-3 test aircraft was fitted with a fiber...
Subscription Required
This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.
Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.
Already an AWIN subscriber? Login
Did you know? Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Related Content
