The X-29 experimental aircraft, developed during the 1980s, stands as one of the boldest attempts in aviation history to explore the limits of the forward-swept wing design. Built through a ...

“That’s what the X means.” The plane’s most noticeable feature is its long, skinny trussed-braced wings, which are designed to create less drag as they move through the air while giving ...

NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane ... thin wings for soaring at high speeds. It's the albatross wing that comes the closest to that of the X-66A ...

In the case of the X-66A, the X-plane status recognizes the design's Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration that, in combination with advancements in propulsion systems, and materials ...

You may one day board a plane where the wings will look very different ... Boeing is teaming up with NASA to develop the X-66, an experimental aircraft featuring the TTBW design.

Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of ...

In 2007, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced their intent to design a new aircraft called the Oblique Flying Wing X-plane. The OFW X-plane was slightly different to ...