November 1, 2006 Ground testing of the X-48B Blended Wing Body (BWB) concept will start in the near future in preparation for flight testing early next year. The X-48B ground and flight testing will ...
EDWARDS, Calif. – NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and The Boeing Co. are expanding the flight envelope for the X-48B blended wing body research aircraft. Flight tests with the 500-pound, remotely ...
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., provided critical support for the first flight July 20 of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test vehicle took off for ...
Boeing has completed the first in a series of increasingly risky envelope expansion flights for the X-48B blended wing body (BWB) demonstrator. The first 11 "Block 1" flights completed last year used ...
The Boeing X-48B blended wing body (BWB) scale-model demonstrator, called Low… The Boeing X-48B blended wing body (BWB) scale-model demonstrator, called Low Speed Vehicle 2 (LSV2), or ship two, was ...