Historically, strut-braced wings (like those on early Cessnas) were chosen for their weight-saving benefits, despite increased drag, but were later phased out in favor of cantilever designs for ...

Boeing will study the certification challenges of its Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) ultra-efficient airliner concept as part of a new phase of work following wind tunnel tests that prove the ...

Europe’s U-HARWARD project conducted wind-tunnel tests of a low-drag strut-braced wing. Credit: Politecnico di Milano A three-year project to mature technologies for a low-drag strut-braced wing for ...

A European project to design a wing for a next-generation regional turboprop is closing in on the production of a series of demonstrators that will mature the underlying technologies required. Called ...

NASA will invest $425 million to help Boeing develop a demonstrator aircraft for its Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design, which the space agency hopes will improve the fuel efficiency of commercial ...