Airbus Technology Incubator Leading X-Plane Wing Trial Work

TOULOUSE and LONDON–Airbus’ plans to adapt a business jet into an X-plane to test future wing technologies has focused new attention on its UpNext subsidiary that will run the trials. By the middle of the decade, UpNext hopes to have completed flight trials of the Extra Performance Wing on an...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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