The concept of blended wing aircraft dates back to the early 20th century. One of the first attempts at such a design was the Northrop Flying Wing, a military aircraft that inspired later developments ...

The Horten Ho-229 was the world's first jet-powered flying ... wing. This was the third prototype of this advanced German aircraft that never saw combat. It was developed in the late stages of the ...

The United States Air Force has taken an interest in JetZero's revolutionary blended wing body (BWB) aircraft. BWBs are not new; NASA experimented with them in the 1990s, while military flying-wing ...

Eighty years after nine airmen lost their lives in a bomber crash in Surrey, a service to commemorate them has been held. An ...

Air travelers in the next few years may be able to take a futuristic flight on an innovative blended-wing-body aircraft meant to ... requirement of today’s flying fleet," Dervin said.

“Combining helicopter and airplane flight characteristics onto a flying wing reflects Sikorsky’s drive to innovate next-generation VTOL UAS aircraft that can fly faster and farther than ...

The Rotor Blown Wing is a hybrid-electric, fully autonomous flying wing aircraft. Credit: Sikorsky STRATFORD, Connecticut–Sikorsky has successfully completed its first series of flight tests ...

One way the industry plans to evolve is to turn to a blended wing body ... top of the aircraft, it should also be a lot quieter that existing designs. The BWB will be capable of flying on ...

The first of two of the world’s rarest historic military aircraft still flying touched down at the Penticton Regional Airport earlier this week. The B-17 flying fortress Sentimental Journey ...

“Combining helicopter and airplane flight characteristics onto a flying wing reflects Sikorsky’s drive to innovate next-generation VTOL UAS aircraft that can fly faster and farther than ...

Sikorsky on Monday detailed recent successful demonstrations with its “rotor blown wing” unmanned aircraft system (UAS), flying its prototype in both helicopter and “winged aircraft” mode ...

$20 billion in Pentagon funding pledged to achieve first flights by 2029 ...