Lockheed Martin tests 'joined wing' tanker/transport idea

Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems is testing a scale model of a "joined wing" aircraft that would be able to perform tanker and transport missions more efficiently than current planes. The company said yesterday that four successful flights of the 6.5- foot wing span remote controlled model have...

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