CubCrafters new slats could reduce STOL distances by up to 50 percent

For those curious, here’s the proposal summary from NASA with some more technical details: NASA CubCrafters Proposal Summary

Seems like the claims are mostly theoretical right now, but still pretty cool with lots of potential.

I haven’t seen any pictures yet demonstrating this, so I’m having a hard time visualizing it, but it sounds really interesting especially given the claim that it can be installed on existing aircraft.