The US Air Force (USAF) announced last year that ... BASF that also draws inspiration from shark skin. In 2022, BASF developed a shark skin coating for civilian aircraft that significantly reduced ...

The first relevant designs that emulated shark skin were swimsuits used by professional swimmers. More recently, Lufthansa ...

Developed by Lufthansa Technik and chemical firm BASF, the AeroShark technology – which uses tiny riblets measuring around 50 micrometres to optimise the air flow over the fuselage and engine ...