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Just What Is a “Flying Wing,” Exactly?

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 ...
The Aviationist

The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop that Led to the B-2 Spirit – Part Two

Research and data obtained during the testing of these and other experimental aircraft would lead to today’s B-2 Spirit bomber and beyond. American concerns that Great Britain might fall to Axis ...
Aviation Week

Sikorsky Set To Fly Second Rotor-Blown Wing Design

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 ...
AOL

A startup wants to beat Airbus and Boeing with an ultra-wide 'flying wing' jet with massive cargo space

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 National Interest

How Are Modern Aircraft Wings Designed?

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...
The Aviationist

The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop that Led to the B-2 Spirit – Part One

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 ...