Thursday, March 22, 2012

X-56A to aid NASA in development of new kinds of lightweight, flexible aircraft

X-56A to aid NASA in development of new kinds of lightweight, flexible aircraft: "NASA has announced it will use a modular, unmanned flight research vehicle being built by Lockheed Martin for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to test enabling technologies for new kinds of lightweight, energy-efficient, flexible aircraft. The small aircraft, dubbed the X-56A, will be used to explore ways to suppress vibrations and alleviate the load on flexible aircraft from wind gusts and atmospheric turbulence."

'via Blog this'

No comments: