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 ...

Flying wing aircraft have always pushed the limits of engineering, eliminating the traditional tail and fuselage to create sleek, futuristic shapes unlike anything in the sky. From early experimental ...

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 ...

From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to support them efficiently were not yet available. John “Jack” Northrop was born ...

Natilus' futuristic "blended-wing body" plane builds the cabin into the wing.Natilus Another airline is placing bets on the radical "flying wing" plane that industry professionals foresee as the ...

A US startup wants to lure customers with lucrative cargo space unavailable on today's narrowbodies.Natlius Airbus' CEO recently said the future of flying is a B2-bomber-shaped "blended-wing body" ...

The global aviation industry faces a projected shortfall of over 17,000 commercial aircraft deliveries in the next two decades, creating a market opportunity for alternative designs. Blended-wing body ...

Air travelers in the next few years may be able to take a futuristic flight on an innovative blended-wing-body aircraft meant to help Delta Air Lines reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Delta is ...

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 ...