In the 1940s, the flying wing seemed destined to transform aviation with its sleek design and efficiency. But despite promising early tests, Jack Northrop’s prototypes faced engineering challenges and ...

Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

A solution to this issue was found by adopting an innovative, revolutionary design—a lightweight, delta-wing airframe known as Nurflügel (Flying Wing ... could have been attempts made in the U.S. by ...

Entertaining crowds since 1953, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are one of the world’s best known aerial demonstrations teams, dazzling ...

The B-2 Spirit Bomber is a majestic and incredibly fast aircraft that changed the way the U.S. surveilled the skies … ...

From an initial competition between seven companies, Lockheed (teamed with Boeing and General Dynamics) and Northrop (teamed ... Raptor's iconic diamond-shaped delta wing in the summer of 1987, which ...

In 1979, then Northrop Corporation (now Northrop Grumman ... and visual detection with its unique flying-wing design. The futuristic design came at a price of $1 billion per unit! This staggering ...

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare.

Observation of the design reveals that ... As a near-delta with no canard wings, the J-XX will point high when flying slowly for landing. So the pilot will see little of the flight deck that he or she ...

won an Army Air Corps fighter design competition with an airplane designated the P-35. Alexander Kartveli, Seversky chief designer, used a distinctive semi-elliptical wing plan-form on the P-35 and ...

The wing is testing ... brings will ensure pilots flying these aircraft continue to make it home.” For U.S. F-16s, however, the Air Force in March 2022 chose Northrop Grumman’s ultra-wideband ...