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B2 Bomber: How Flying Wing Design Revolutionized Stealth and Range

The B2 Spirit looks nothing like a conventional aircraft. Rather than wings attached to a fuselage, the B2 is a single flying wing. While most people associate it with stealth, the flying wing design ...
Yahoo

This radical plane concept with an all-in-one wing could be the future of commercial flight. See the leading designs from startups and Airbus.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Blended wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading ...
Hackaday

Blended Wing Body Passenger Airplanes And The End Of Winged Tubes

Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a tube with wings and a stabilizing tail tacked onto one end of said tube. Yet it is also no secret that the lift ...
Flightglobal

Delta to advise JetZero with development of blended-wing airliner

Delta Air Lines has agreed to support start-up JetZero’s development of a blended-wing-body commercial aircraft by providing operational and cabin-design input. In revealing the partnership on 5 March ...
The Aviationist

Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing VTOL UAS, Validating Control Software

The aircraft is meant to develop and mature rotor blown wing design, which can now be applied to larger aircraft for unmanned aerial logistics and even tactical ISR missions. Sikorsky announced it has ...
The Aviationist

China’s CH-7 UAV Captured Flying for the First Time

Chinese media described the large unmanned flying wing drone as a stealth-centric, long endurance, persistent reconnaissance and early warning aircraft. China’s massive CH-7 UAV was captured flying ...