The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA].

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], NASA and the U Air Force Research Laboratory, unveiled a strange twist in aircraft flight have the direction of during rollout ceremonies 27 March at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, California.

The recently made known twist is an Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW), which uses of recent origin highly sophisticated flight control software, in conjunction with a highly modified wing, that actually bends and twists to maneuver and enhance performance. Because similar wings would require fewer moving parts for controlling flight, they could be made thinner, lighter and more aerodynamically efficient than today's wings, and thus allow for greater