Airbus Installs Morphing Wing, Remote Control On X-Wing Demonstrator
Airbus eXtra Performance Wing
Credit: Airbus
LYON—Airbus UpNext, the airframer’s innovation arm, has installed most of the composite-material, high-aspect-ratio wing intended to demonstrate 5-10% better efficiency on a modified Cessna Citation VII business jet. Under the so-called Extra Performance Wing (X-Wing) research and technology project...
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