
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
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Boeing X-48B Blended Wing Body first flight
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X-48B Skyray - Unmanned NASA Test Flight
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flying blended wing body!
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NASA blended wing-body aircraft concept
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Killer Bee flying-wing unmanned combat aircraft
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BWB Concept Aircraft
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Boeing BWB-LH Landing at Princess Juliana Intl Airport
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Dog Going blended
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Chinese H-8 Stealth Bomber & JH-7
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