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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.