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.

Boeing has attempted to increase its monthly production rate of the 737 MAX to 38 per month. However, issues with specific tasks within the assembly process have forced the plane maker to go down ...

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.

Boeing will continue to study the thin-wing technology, but the aircraft project as a whole will be put on hold, Boeing and NASA said Thursday. “We have learned a lot in the past few years ...

While researching TTBW, Boeing found that it would be a better idea to focus on something called thin-wing technology, which could be incorporated into multiple aircraft configurations.

A startup planemaker announced a 200-passenger "blended wing body" plane to rival Airbus and Boeing. Natilus' design aims to improve efficiency by up to 50% and offer cabin spaces unlike any today.

Also, there's nothing to keep Boeing or Airbus from switching gears and starting their own blended wing families. And then there's the perennial, let's-just-buy-the-usurper option. At any rate ...

the B-2 Spirit flying wing. With F-35s projected to remain in service for decades to come, that leaves only limited opportunity for Boeing to secure a next-generation fighter contract. Failure to ...

The 'blended-wing body' plane built by startup JetZero could replace United's older Boeing jets. United Airlines is investing billions of dollars in funky new aircraft, including electric air ...

“Boeing looked at six potential redesigns of the wing to increase the aircraft’s capability, settling on the 92-ft. wingspan after thousands of hours of modeling and simulation for both ...

A decision is coming within weeks from the company on where to base production of a jetliner it believes can challenge dominant Boeing and Airbus jets. NC pitched $300M in failed attempt at 4,000 ...

By Niraj Chokshi Boeing announced on Tuesday that it would sell a handful of navigation, flight planning and other businesses for more than $10.5 billion as the company works to refocus on ...