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Under this proposal, NASA said all aspects of the X-66 flight demonstrator’s design, as well as hardware acquired or modified for it, will be retained while the long, thin-wing technology is being ...

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American aerospace Boeing decided to put on hold the creation of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing demonstrator and focus on another idea instead.

Boeing and NASA are to pause development of the X-66 flight demonstrator in order to focus their research on the evolution of long, thin-wing technology. In a statement on April 25, 2025, NASA ...

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.