McDonnell Douglas, NASA team on subscale tailless X-plane

McDonnell Douglas Corp., which has proposed a tailless design for its entry in the Pentagon's Joint Advanced Strike Technology program, has teamed with NASA on a $17 million effort to build and fly two subscale unpiloted X-planes to demonstrate tailless flight control technology. Designated X-36...

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