08/07/2014 05:00 | By Rob Clymo, editor, MSN Innovation
Self-healing Planes and the Future of Flight
Self-healing aircraft are among new concepts launched by BAE Systems and they could be flying quite soon?
Boffins at BAE Systems have unveiled a crop of futuristic new technologies that could be incorporated into military and civil aircraft come the year 2040 or even before.
The team of scientists and engineers have been working on four different technologies at the BAE Systems Research and Development facility at Warton in Lancashire. The innovative new developments include aircraft parts that can heal themselves, a new type of long range aircraft, a direct energy weapon and a sophisticated variation on 3D printing.
