Boeing Ditches Drag-Reduction System For 777X

LE BOURGET, France —Boeing has decided to drop the hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) drag-reduction system from the 777X and may even review its future use on the stretched 787 derivatives. The company—which developed the system initially for the 787-9—says the drag benefits do not justify its...

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