Winglet wizards Aviation Partners is forming a partnership with FlexSys to certify and commercialize wing-morphing adaptive-control surfaces that have the potential to boost airfoil performance over a ...

Winglet specialist Aviation Partners and joint-venture partner FlexSys are working with an undisclosed customer to retrofit an aircraft with the first commercial morphing wing. The potentially ...

Airplane designers have long admired how birds reshape their wings for soaring, diving, and maneuvering. Now, a prototype aircraft wing has demonstrated in its first flight tests that its morphing ...

If there's one thing that needs to be aerodynamic, it's an airplane wing. Conventional wing designs however, suffer from a glaring weakness in this respect: the joint where the main wing meets the ...

NASA has completed the initial flight test phase of a new morphing wing technology, Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE), on a Gulfstream III jet. This innovative technology aims to significantly ...