X-48B Blended Wing Body Image Gallery
The X-48B cooperative agreement by Boeing, NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) culminates years of BWB research by NASA and Boeing. AFRL is interested in the concept for its potential future military applications.
"One big difference between this airplane and the traditional tube and wing aircraft is that -- instead of a conventional tail -- the blended wing body relies solely on multiple control surfaces on the wing for stability and control," said Dan Vicroy, NASA senior research engineer at the Langley Research Center.
X-48B Blended Wing Body Images:
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The innovative Boeing Blended Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft -- designated the X-48B -- flew for the first time last week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Source: Boeing
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Boeing has been studying the structural, aerodynamic and operational advantages of a blended-wing body aircraft concept for potential future military applications.
Source: Boeing
All X-48B Blended Wing Body images
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