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X-48 Research: All good things must come to an end

A deep blue sky backdrops the NASA-Boeing X-48C Hybrid Wing Body aircraft as it flies over Edwards AFB on Feb. 28, 2013, during a test flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Calif.

04.18.13

After nearly six years, a successful and productive joint NASA-Boeing X-48 Hybrid / Blended Wing Body flight test project at NASA Dryden concludes.

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X-48 Blended Wing Body Hits 100-Flight Milestone

The upgraded X-48C version of Boeing's Blending Wing Body subscale research aircraft banks over Rogers Dry Lake near

11.05.12

Boeing subscale research aircraft expected to log another 20 flights before flight-test program concludes.

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X-48C: An X-Plane Transformer

The X-48C, transformed from the X-48B, recently took its first flight over the Mojave Desert in California.

08.15.12

A transformed remotely piloted aircraft could lead the way to a future of flight that is much quieter.

X-48 Features

X-48B Resumes Flight Tests at NASA Dryden

The Boeing / NASA X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft resumed flight tests with a checkout flight Sept. 21 from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
X-48B: Eighty Flights, Priceless Facts

A team led by NASA and The Boeing Company has completed the first phase of flight tests on the subscale X-48B blended wing body aircraft.
Second X-48B Modified Into X-48C Configuration

Boeing's second X-48B air vehicle has been modified into the X-48C for research for NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation, or ERA, project.
Blended Wing Body Flies 50th
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.

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X-48 News

X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft

04.12.13 - NASA's remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, completed an eight-month flight research campaign on April 9.
Transformed X-48c Flies Successfully

08.07.12 - The remotely piloted X-48C aircraft successfully flew for the first time Tuesday at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert.
X-48B Resumes Flight Tests at NASA Dryden

09.21.10 - The Boeing / NASA X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft resumed flight tests with a checkout flight Sept. 21 from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
Second X-48B Modified Into X-48C Configuration

02.11.10 - Boeing's second X-48B air vehicle has been modified into the X-48C for research for NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation, or ERA, project.