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The article discusses the sampling of the research and application developments for applied aerodynamics in areas ranging from micro air vehicles to hypersonic flight in the U.S. It cites the unmanned aerial vehicles and micro air vehicles, the improvements for reduced fuel burn, and the analysis and design method. It notes that the Air Force Research Laboratory joined Aeronautical Systems Center to fund full-scale validation testing of an active flow control concept for weapons bays.

The article looks at several developments in applied aerodynamics in 2009. Active wing technologies are being developed by the European Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft Integrated Technology Demonstrator. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) common research model is the concentration of the Fourth Drag Prediction Workshop. The collaboration of NASA with Georgia Tech Research Institute is aimed at conducting two-dimensional (2D) circulation control experiments.