The revolutionary Z4 all-wing airplane will be manufactured at a state-of-the-art facility in Greensboro, North Carolina, ...

The flying wing design is niche and rare today, but the concept has been the focus of study for 100 years. The flying wing design is intuitive but relatively rare. As the name implies, a flying ...

Future of flying: New fuel-sipping jet promises quieter, greener skies. The blended wing body craft reduces drag and weight, resulting in fuel efficiency improvements of up to 50% compared to ...

Blended-wing planes have already been flying for years in the military. The B-21 Raider is among the blended-in wing planes bought by the USAF. US Air Force via AP ...

The future of commercial aviation could be taking shape inside a hangar next to Long Beach Airport. This is where Long Beach startup JetZero Inc. is developing a “flying wing” aircraft that ...

The money will go to the building and flying of a blended-wing-body (BWB) demonstrator which the USAF wants to evaluate first as a potential commercial air transport and second as a possible ...

Nobody thinks that the present design of planes is definitive. One who has revolutionary ideas about the next step is brainy, energetic John Knudsen Northrop. He thinks the tail ought to come off: ...

Today, the only successful flying wing aircraft is the B-2 Spirit, soon to be replaced by another flying wing, the B-21 Raider. Let’s take a closer look at the features and characteristics of ...

Commercial airliners typically cruise between 33,000 and 39,000 feet, primarily to achieve greater fuel efficiency. Private ...

Delta Air Lines and JetZero are partnering to develop a commercial blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft that would be 50 percent more fuel efficient than those in current operation, the carrier has ...

The SR-71 with its blended wing body design. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty, US Air Force, 1988) Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a ...