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 ...

Key Points and Summary – NASA and Grumman’s X-29 was a 1980s–90s technology demonstrator that flipped convention with forward-swept wings and canards to probe extreme maneuvering and ...

The experimental Su-47 Russian demonstrator fighter jet was somewhat of a short-lived demonstrator, yet numerous public accounts suggest that its innovations propelled development of the country's two ...

The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s May 29, 2000, issue featured the Sukhoi S-37 (not to be confused with the Su-37) forward swept wing fighter prototype in flight near the Zhukovsky ...