NASA and Boeing are pausing the development of the X-66 full-scale Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Instead, they will re-focus their efforts on demonstrating the benefits of thin-wing technology.

The latest generation of experimental aircraft is no longer chasing raw speed alone, it is trying to change how the air ...

Boeing and NASA are mutually agreeing to pause development of the X-66A, according to an April 25 Seattle Times report and an April 24 Aviation Week report plus April 24 Air Current reporting.

Aerodynamic and structural data on the X-66 were obtained from wind tunnel tests of a 5.3%-scale model in the Transonic Unitary Plan Facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. Credit: ...

Fidmac’s role within the project focuses on robotic lamination of composite materials, an advanced technology that allows it to build complex wing structures with unprecedented precision and ...

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Back in 2023 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced yet another program that's supposed to end with the creation of revolutionary aircraft tech. Called Speed and Runway ...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) hopes to perform a demonstration next year from one of its two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers of an attritable ‘loyal wingman’-type drone ultimately capable of ...