The most recent global market forecasts from Boeing and Airbus project demand for more than 43,000 new commercial aviation airplanes over the next two decades. But according to Aleksey Matyushev, ...

The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill., USA) reported on Aug. 7 that a modified version of its blended wing body (BWB) research aircraft, the X-48C, flew for the first time at NASA's Dryden Flight Research ...

Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, used lasers inside the 14-by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel to map how air flows over a Boeing Blended Wing Body (BWB) model – a greener, ...

Manufacturer aims to develop and demonstrate a full-scale prototype by end of roughly 12-month contract.

The Boeing X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, 2013, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test program to explore and further validate the ...

A FUTIRISTIC “blended wing” commercial jet built to rival Boeing will carry 250 passengers up to 5,000 miles and will be flying soon. Excitement is buzzing in the aviation industry as ...

Startup Natilus is building a "blended-wing body" aircraft that fits the cabin into one giant wing. Natilus' first announced airline customer is the Indian carrier SpiceJet. The up to 240-passenger ...

Horizon is a name worth remembering, and if you hadn't heard about this Californian aircraft before, you'll likely be impressed at least by its ambitious goal, if not by its qualities. The makers of ...