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Graham Warwick
April 17, 2026
DLR’s Proteus is testing a flexible wing trailing edge capable of distributed spanwise shape-changing. Credit: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt/German Aerospace Center
The oft-quoted refrain “Where’s my flying car?” has been partially answered by the emergence of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft, a small handful of which are designed to be both driven and flown. But what about the aerospace industry’s long-standing question, “Where’s my…
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