NASA and Boeing are pausing the development of the X-66 full-scale Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Instead, they will re-focus their efforts on demonstrating the benefits of thin-wing technology.

NASA's space shuttle was a large, heavy vehicle, and needed an even larger, heavier low-wing aircraft to transport it across ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design ...

Ever since the first airplane took off to the skies in the early 20th century, succeeding models have all usually shared something in common: symmetry. Going against this philosophy would seem to go ...

The X-59 features a distinctive elongated fuselage and wing design aimed at reducing sonic booms to a level of 75 decibels.

Lockheed Martin's X-59 experimental quiet supersonic aircraft completed its first flight, moving toward NASA testing for ...

Drag is the aerodynamic force that opposes an aircraft’s motion through the air. Being able to predict drag accurately at an ...

As a result, it provides a practical tool for the early stages of aircraft design, when engineers need results ...

The Blended Wing Body (BWB) concept represents a transformative shift in aircraft design, merging the wing and fuselage into a single, continuous lifting surface. This integration offers substantial ...