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X-56B begins new flight series

The X-56B remotely piloted aircraft flutter. Flutter suppression permitted re-
has begun a new flight series. search of the aircraft’s lightweight, flex-
The flight was April 19 at NASA’s ible wings.
Armstrong Flight Research Center in X-56A team also facilitated the de-
Edwards, Calif., with partner Northrop velopment of tools and technologies
Grumman. and acquired data to validate modeling
The X-56B uses the same centerbody techniques. The U.S. Air Force Re-
as the earlier X-56A, which concluded search Laboratories in Ohio is a partner
testing in 2019. The X-56A suppressed on X-56B and also was a partner on the
a potentially destructive vibration called X-56A.

Above: The X-56B remotely
piloted aircraft prepares for a
landing following the first of
a new flight series. Right:
The X-56B lands April 19,
2021, at NASA’s Armstrong
Flight Research Center in
NASA photographs by Lauren Hughes Edwards, Calif., with partner
The X-56B remotely piloted aircraft ground crew prepares the aircraft to begin a new Northrop Grumman.
flight series. The flight was April 19 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in
Edwards, Calif., with partner Northrop Grumman.

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