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 ...

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 Boeing 777X is set to revolutionize long-haul air travel when it eventually enters commercial service in 2027. The US ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to support them efficiently were not yet available. John “Jack” Northrop was born ...