Digital design concepts shape next-generation combat aviation
Tempest scale model in the wind tunnel at Warton during testing. Photo Credit: BAE Systems It was reported in August 2020 that engineers at BAE Systems (Farnborough, U.K.) are exploiting the digital environment to design, test and fly concepts for Tempest, a next-generation combat air system for the U.K. The company reports that, using digital twin technologies, conceptual shapes for the aircraft have been virtually designed and tested, with high-performance computers able to calculate the ae...
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