Stephen Chapis explores the century-long legacy of Jack Northrop's flying wing design, culminating in the B-2 Spirit's ...

Jack Northrop was also responsible for America's first rocket-powered aircraft when a flying wing glider, the MX-324, fitted with an Aerojet General 2,000 lb thrust rocket motor, was air-towed by ...

The first result of Northrop's efforts was the XB-35; a 172-ft wide and 53-ft long flying wing. The central focus of the aircraft was the emphasis on efficiency of structure and design.

Northrop Grumman is confirming it has built the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric flying-wing the company has been developing under a secretive US military project.

John K. "Jack" Northrop designed the N-1M (N for Northrop, 1 for 1st model, M for mockup). It was a company-funded project that became the first entirely all-wing aircraft designed, built, and flown ...

While a Northrop official described the Tacit Blue as one of the most unstable aircraft ever flown, its data aided in the development of several weapon systems. Jason McDowell · Tuesday, October ...

Seven years after winning a U.S. Air Force contract to build a new bomber, Northrop Grumman unveiled its B-21. The company has doubled its Antelope Valley workforce since winning the project in 2015.

Today, the only successful flying wing aircraft is the B-2 Spirit, soon to be replaced by another flying wing, the B-21 Raider. Let’s take a closer look at the features and characteristics of ...

Defense Editor Steve Trimble compared this U.S. Air Force image of the B-21 to one taken from a similar angle of Northrop's B-2 Spirit and found four key differences: shallower, tear-shaped inlets ...

Upon reaching Mach 0.675, a shock wave caused the inboard wing sections to stall. Virden lost control and perished in the ensuing crash. Northrop’s engineers had a theory to minimize such ...

Data collected from previous flying wing aircraft designed and built by Jack Northrop was used to design the B-2, including the small radar cross section discovered with the YB-49.