Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force has selected JetZero to design and build a demonstrator aircraft with a blended wing body, or BWB, configuration ...

As the U.S. Air Force is moving to modernize its fleet of aircraft, it is looking to new and innovative designs to help it advance its goals. And one such design is that of a blended-wing body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Blended Wing Body (BWB) design has been around since the 1920s but has only seen real-world use in military aircraft, like the ...

More than a century of aviation has given us humans certain preconceptions when it comes to the machines that fly in our sky. Just take the shape of an aircraft into consideration. The simple mention ...

Unlike their land-roving counterparts, airplanes haven't seen many innovative changes in the past decades. The scandal that continues to rock Boeing may have even the industry back a few years. That's ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Canadian charter airline Nolinor Aviation has agreed to buy an all-new aircraft type known as a "blended-wing body" as ...

WASHINGTON — The Air Force issued aircraft startup Natilus a $3.5 million contract to fund development for the firm’s blended wing body (BWB) aircraft with the hopes of moving military cargo, the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Blended wing body aircraft are potentially quieter than traditional jet airliners. There are also military applications for blended wing body aircraft. The U.S. Air ...

EDWARDS, Calif. – NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and The Boeing Co. are expanding the flight envelope for the X-48B blended wing body research aircraft. Flight tests with the 500-pound, remotely ...