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 ...

Northrop's YB-49 challenged conventional aircraft design, pushing the boundaries with its radical concept and technological advancements.

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA hope to see the X-65 drone fly next year after suffering delays and cost growth.

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 ...

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 ...

Like everything else around us, aviation is changing too, and it does so at a rapid pace. From new ways to power the planes to new and more efficient shapes of airplanes' bodies, the biggest players ...

United Airlines Ventures has invested in JetZero, a startup developing blended wing body (BWB) aircraft, with a conditional agreement to order up to 100 planes (and an option for 100 more) upon ...