Surface Drag Testing

Speedo used space-age technology research and testing in its efforts to design the fastest swimsuit ever created by consulting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - better known as NASA.

NASA has some of the most accurate wind tunnels in the world, which it uses to test the surface friction of materials - such as that acting on aircraft or a spacecraft re-entering the earth’s atmosphere at immense speed.

Speedo tested the surface drag of more than 60 types of fabric (current and developed) to see which offered the best performance in terms of ultra fast speed through lower skin friction drag.