SEE ALSO: NASA reveals its X-plane. It will fly over the U.S. at extreme speeds. The model, with a six-foot wingspan, shows the major X-66 innovation: a "transonic truss-braced wing," wherein ...

Later, American aircraft industrialist and designer Jack Northrop built his famous "Flying Wing" aircraft in the ... when McDonnell Douglas responded to NASA's challenge to build more ...

Looking back: NASA's intentionally unstable, reverse-wing X-29 EC90-039-4, the No. 2 X-29 technology demonstrator aircraft is seen here during a 1990 test flight NASA ...

As the name suggests, the V-173 was flat, with a flying wing shape that encompassed the ... he became a division chief for NASA’s Project Mercury, and later, NASA’s director of aeronautics.

and NASA, Boeing, and Airbus are all betting on blended wing designs to do this. Blended wing aircraft are basically flying wings, where the cargo-carrying section of aircraft is shorter ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will take a spin in commercial partner Electra’s hybrid-electric EL-2 Goldfinch on Sunday.

For some reason, that's the picture that popped into my head when seeing NASA's X-66 ... sustainable way of flying. The X-66 bets on a design called transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW).

and NASA, Boeing, and Airbus are all betting on blended wing designs to do this. Blended wing aircraft are basically flying wings, where the cargo-carrying section of aircraft is shorter ...

setting in motion a journey that should lead to Boeing’s transonic truss-braced-wing X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator flying in 2028. Now NASA has... Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of ...