A significant development has been made by Saab within Clean Sky for the BLADE (Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe) flight demonstrator, part of the Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft (SFWA) project. The newly-developed and manufactured component is an integrated wing leading edge and upper wing cover in carbon-fibre-reinforced composites, which forms part of the port wing of the BLADE flight demonstrator. This key part of the BLADE project will soon travel to Aernnova in Spain, for the assembly phase of the laminar wing – which will be eventually installed by Airbus on its A340-300 MSN001 flight test aircraft.
