X-48B Blended Wing Body News

New round of tests under way for blended wing craft

Posted at: Sat May 31st, 2008

EDWARDS AFB - Flight testing of an unusual aircraft shape that is intended to provide a more efficient means of cargo transport resumed last month at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. The X-48B is a prototype scale model of a blend...

Time Magazine Recognizes the X-48B

Posted at: Sat Nov 10th, 2007

The cover story of Time magazine's Nov. 12 edition highlights the best inventions of the year for 2007. It covers the latest innovative products from the entertainment, transportation, environmental and several other high-tech areas. From the aircraft category, the magazine recognized Boeing's ...

Boeing Flies Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft

Posted at: Thu Jul 26th, 2007

CHICAGO, July 26, 2007 -- The innovative Boeing [NYSE: BA] Blended Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft -- designated the <a href="/page/81/X-48B-Blended-Wing-Body.html">X-48B</a> -- flew for the first time last week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Bas...