SMART WINGS

NORTHROP GRUMMAN WILL STUDY ``smart adaptive wing'' concepts under a $3.4-million, two-year contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company will study three materials that can change the shape of the wing: shape memory alloys that deform when heated, piezoelectric materials that...

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