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Boeing & NASA Suspend X-66A Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Aircraft Project
Boeing and NASA are mutually agreeing to pause development of the X-66A, according to an April 25 Seattle Times report and an ...
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NASA's Dragonfly nuclear-powered helicopter clears key hurdle ahead of 2028 launch toward huge Saturn moon Titan
"Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly's mission design, fabrication, integration and test plans are all ...
Boeing, NASA pause experimental, sustainable plane project
Boeing and NASA will pause work on the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, an experimental plane design featuring long, ...
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NASA, Boeing pause X-66 to chase breakthrough ultra-thin wing aircraft design
The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.
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Boeing, NASA rain-check X-66 evolution to focus on long, thin-wing development
Boeing and NASA are to pause development of the X-66 flight demonstrator to focus their research on the evolution of long, ...
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Boeing Puts X-66 On Ice But Will Continue Thin Wing Studies
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 NASA’s ...