NASA - The X-48B Blended Wing Body

Blended Wing Body Features

Time Magazine: X-48B One of Year's Top Inventions

Time Magazine hailed the X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft for its innovative design and potential to transform air transportation.
Skyray 48 Takes Flight

Remotely piloted plane to demonstrate blended wing shape.
Flying Wing Design Tested

A small-scale NASA model of a Boeing flying wing concept has just finished testing at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center.
X-48B Blended Wing Body

NASA, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force are testing this innovative new aircraft design together.
Blended Wing Soars

For almost 100 years planes have looked like tubes with wings, but NASA research could change that.
X-48B Prototype Assembly

A short timelapse movie showing the assembly of the Blended Wing Body prototype (QuickTime).
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X-48B Test Flight Highlights

This 10-minute video highlights July 2007 flight tests of the X-48B "Skyray 48" at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
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X-48B Wind Tunnel Tests

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Langley Full-Scale Tunnel

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X-48B Blended Wing Body Free Flight Test

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