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COLORADO SPRINGS — NASA has conducted the agency’s first flight of the X-56A multi-utility technology testbed (MUTT) as part of a broader research effort to develop system and design technology for a future generation of aircraft with lighter, higher aspect ratio wings. The X-56A is one of two 28-ft...
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