Using biomimicry – biologically inspired engineering – the project seeks to develop a composite wing that can change shape and form during flight to maximise its aerodynamic efficiency. If the concept ...

After the first flight of a modified Cessna Citation VII business jet Nov. 6, Airbus has revealed plans for a protracted test effort with a morphing wing, aimed at reduced fuel consumption on the next ...

Airbus has released a video showing the installation of the experimental eXtra Performance Wing on a Cessna Citation VII business jet, which will be transformed into a flying laboratory to validate ...

LE BOURGET—Curtiss-Wright is set to deliver a set of specially developed rotary actuators to Airbus UpNext, the aircraft-maker’s technology innovation arm, for the eXtra Performance Wing active ...

Airbus UpNext, the airframer’s innovations arm, will early next year begin flight tests of a Cessna Citation VII business jet that it will eventually modify with a wing that can automatically change ...

Airbus’s UpNext division has shown off the initial installation of the ‘eXtra Performance Wing’ on a Cessna Citation VII executive jet. UpNext is the future technologies division of the airframer, and ...