In the 1940s, the flying wing seemed destined to transform aviation with its sleek design and efficiency. But despite promising early tests, Jack Northrop’s prototypes faced engineering challenges and ...

The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with ...

The flying wing design is niche and rare today, but the concept has been the focus of study for 100 years. The flying wing design is intuitive but relatively rare. As the name implies, a flying wing ...

As a result of these challenges, most flying wing projects and prototypes never take-off, literally or figuratively. In fact, ...

Experience the Solar Plane V4 Flying Wing in action, showcasing its solar-powered flight capabilities and innovative design.

Longer, thinner wings are on the horizon as NASA and Boeing continue to research what the future of aviation could look like ...

Research and data obtained during the testing of these and other experimental aircraft would lead to today’s B-2 Spirit bomber and beyond. American concerns that Great Britain might fall to Axis ...

The aircraft is similar to another concept model revealed during the 2018 Singapore Air Show, called the Star Shadow, which was developed with an unspecified Chinese institution. A new flying wing ...

The Rotor Blown Wing is a hybrid-electric, fully autonomous flying wing aircraft. Credit: Sikorsky NASHVILLE—Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the company ...

Boss: Tom O’Learhy, CEO of JetZero. (Photo by Thomas Wasper) The future of commercial aviation could be taking shape inside a hangar next to Long Beach Airport. This is where Long Beach startup ...

China confirmed the first flight of the CH-7, a high-altitude, flying-wing stealth drone designed for strategic ISR missions ...

China has confirmed the maiden flight of its CH-7 stealth uncrewed aircraft, a flying-wing drone designed for long-range ...