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  New NASA software to enhance flight efficiency

  World | Dec 16, 2014, 12:19 PM IST

  New York: NASA researchers have begun flight tests of a computer software that shows promise in improving flight efficiency and reducing environmental impacts of aircraft, especially on communities around airports.Known as Airborne Spacing for Terminal

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  NASA tests aircraft with shape shifting wings

  World | Nov 10, 2014, 10:04 AM IST

  Washington: NASA has successfully flight tested a revolutionary shape changing aircraft flap for the first time, which could pave the way for lighter, quieter and more fuel-efficient airliners.Researchers replaced an airplane's conventional aluminium flaps with