
The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed takes off on its inaugural flight July 26 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The unmanned aircraft is designed to study active aeroelastic control technologies such as active flutter suppression and gust load alleviation.
Credits: NASA / Kenneth E. Ulbrich
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed flight demonstrator made its first flight July 26 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.