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 wing ...

From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to support them efficiently were not yet available. John “Jack” Northrop was born ...

New images have emerged of one of China’s futuristic fighter jets, a three-engine, tailless flying wing aircraft that Western analysts have dubbed the J-36. It’s unclear when the images, which are ...

Even the nimblest of quadcopters still struggle to halt their lateral momentum when moving fast, limiting their maneuverability. An experimental drone addresses that problem in a bio-inspired fashion, ...

The Horten Ho 229 was the world’s first jet powered flying wing, developed by Nazi Germany near the end of World War II. Designed to meet extreme speed, range, and payload requirements, it promised ...

Chinese media described the large unmanned flying wing drone as a stealth-centric, long endurance, persistent reconnaissance and early warning aircraft. China’s massive CH-7 UAV was captured flying ...

The Rotor Blown Wing is a hybrid-electric, fully autonomous flying wing aircraft. Credit: Sikorsky NASHVILLE—Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the company ...

November 16, 2025: GJ-11 is the latest Chinese combat drone. It is a nine-ton tailless delta-shaped unmanned aircraft with a single engine and an internal weapons that can hold two tons of guided ...

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