Northrop Grumman has received $8 million from the US Air Force under a Smart Materials and Structures Demonstration Smart Wing 2 programme designed to apply the advanced technologies to unmanned aircraft. The contract provides for design, development and test of a Smart Wing model using new technologies.
Source: Flight International
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