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The Boeing X-48 is an American experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built to investigate the characteristics of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft. Boeing designed the X-48 and two examples were built by Cranfield Aerospace in the UK. Boeing began flight testing the X-48B version for NASA in 2007. The X-48B was later modified into the X-48C ...
Boeing has dabbled in blended-wing research but doesn't currently have plans to build a full-scale prototype. ... blended-wing concept aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow in 2022 ...
Heinkel He 178 – Jet engine research aircraft; Horten H.III – Flying wing; Horten H.IV – Flying wing; Horten Ho VI – Flying wing; Junkers J 1 – Pioneering all-metal cantilever monoplane (1915) Junkers EF 61 – Pressurization; Junkers Ju 49 – High-altitude test aircraft; Lippisch Delta IV – Delta wing; Lippisch DM-1 1944 – Delta ...
A rendering of the US Air Force blended wing body aircraft project. A blended wing body (BWB), also known as blended body, hybrid wing body (HWB) or a lifting aerofoil fuselage, [1] is a fixed-wing aircraft having no clear dividing line between the wings and the main body of the craft. [2] The aircraft has distinct wing and body structures ...
The “blended wing body” looks similar to the “flying wing” design used by military aircraft such as the iconic B-2 bomber, but the blended wing has more volume in the middle section. Both ...
Natilus' design for a "blended-wing" concept combines the wing and fuselage to increase efficiency. Imagine a B-21 bomber with passenger windows.
The concept of the flying wing was born on 16 February 1876 when French engineers Alphonse Pénaud and Paul Gauchot filed a patent for an aero-plane or flying aircraft [5] powered by two propellers and with all the characteristics of a flying wing as we know it today. [6] Tailless aircraft have been experimented with since the earliest attempts ...
"Electric aircraft generates buzz at Oshkosh air show". Chicago Tribune. August 1, 2010. "Air show examines hybrid airliners". United Press. Aug 2, 2010. "NASA, Boeing Test Low-Drag Truss-Braced Wing Concept: High-aspect-ratio, truss-braced wing promises marked fuel savings". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Aviation Week Network. January 27, 2014