Oblique Flying Wing News

DARPA Kills Oblique Flying Wing

Posted at: Fri Oct 3rd, 2008

Aviation Week's Graham Warwick reports DARPA's Oblique Flying Wing (OFW) technology demonstrator program has been canceled, "following the preliminary design effort". In late March, 2006, Northrop Grumman was ...

Northrop Grumman tests oblique flying wing X-plane in windtunnel

Posted at: Tue Sep 11th, 2007

Northrop Grumman is beginning high-speed windtunnel testing of the oblique flying wing X-plane it is designing for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. If built, the OFW technology demonstrator will be the first supersonic, tailless, varia...

The Supersonic Shape-Shifting Bomber

Posted at: Sun Jun 25th, 2006

Popular Science Magazine reports on an interesting new project by DARPA and Northrop Grumman; the Oblique Flying Wing. The supersonic craft can vary the sweep of its wing for the most efficient flight performance. Back in March DARPA ...