New Tests Pending For X-48 Flying Wing

Credit: Boeing Concept
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center is poised to begin a second series of tests of Boeing’s tailless flying-wing X-48B as early as this week. The trials are a prelude to introducing a revised version of the hybrid-wing aircraft that will be more fuel efficient, have lower emissions and more closely...

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