McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's F-4 Phantom was ... Enter the F-4(FV)S variable-geometry wing Phantom concept. The F-4(FV)S concept took the F-4 fuselage and omitted its low, bent-wing configuration.

revolutionized the idea of the variable geometry wing. The concept wasn't entirely new when Dassault Aviation put its Mirage G aircraft on display for the first time at the Paris Air Show in May ...

The US aircraft started out as a swing-wing ... and the USA – the innovative AVS design employed not only a variable geometry wing, but also swing-out powerplants for vertical lift.

A variable-sweep wing imitates nature ... how to optimize the wing design so that the aircraft can carry out its functions” without changing geometry.

In January, we looked at FlexFoil; a variable geometry ... more streamlined wing and reduces noise during takeoffs and landings. Importantly, it’s designed not only for new aircraft designs ...

This program aimed to evaluate the potential for natural laminar flow on variable-sweep wing aircraft flying at high ... this research due to its variable-geometry wings, wide range of Mach ...

Not many aircraft can claim to be truly ... but ultimately still wouldn’t best a simple swept wing design: “Nobody builds [variable geometry] airplanes anymore, even if they’re trying ...

It was truly a cutting-edge multi-role aircraft, including being the first production variable-geometry wing aircraft as well as to feature terrain-following radar for low-level, high-speed flight.

Morphing wing is like wings of birds that can ... The technology can provide support to the design of future cross-domain variable geometry aircraft, AVIC said in the announcement.

The aircraft wing has transformed from the wooden and fabric twin-wing set up of the Wright brothers’ Flyer, to the composite materials used in the latest models coming off the production line today ...