Boeing X-48 - Wikipedia
The Boeing X-48 is an American experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built to investigate the characteristics of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft. Boeing designed the X-48 and two examples were built by Cranfield Aerospace in the UK. Boeing began flight testing the X-48B version for NASA in 2007. The X-48B was later modified into the X-48C ...
X-48 Research: All good things must come to an end - NASA
Apr 17, 2013 · After flying the remotely-piloted X-48B and X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body research aircraft for nearly six years, the joint NASA-Boeing X-48 project team recently completed a highly successful and productive flight test project at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.
X-48B Blended Wing Body - NASA
Feb 11, 2010 · Boeing Phantom Works has partnered with NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory to study the structural, aerodynamic, and operational advantages of the Blended Wing Body concept, a cross between a conventional plane and a flying wing design.
X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft - NASA
Jun 8, 2013 · The X-48C is a version of NASA’s X-48B blended wing body aircraft modified to evaluate the low-speed stability and control of a low-noise version of a notional hybrid-wing-body design. This design features a flattened fuselage with no tail, and engines mounted on top of the fuselage at the rear of the plane.
The X-48B LSV is an 8.5%-scale aircraft of a potential, full-scale Blended Wing Body (BWB) type aircraft and is flown remotely from a ground control station using a computerized flight control system located onboard the aircraft.
X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft
Apr 12, 2013 · NASA’s remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, completed an eight-month flight...
Boeing X-48 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Airport Technology
The X-48 aircraft is an investigational unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aimed at studying the characteristics of the blended wing body (BWB) for aircraft.
NASA’s X-48 Aircraft Test Flights Promise a ‘Green Airliner’ For …
Oct 8, 2021 · The X-48 was a manta-shaped demonstrator aircraft with two model variations that carried out 122 flights. The aircraft’s last flight occurred on April 9, 2013, while the first took place in...
X-48B Preliminary Flight Test Results - NASA Technical Reports …
Sep 29, 2009 · X-48B Preliminary Flight Test Results This slide presentation reviews the preliminary Flight tests of the X-48B development program. The X-48B is a blended wing body aircraft that is being used to test various features of the BWB concept.
Waiting for the blended wing breakthrough: History of the X-48
Feb 25, 2025 · The latest, JetZero in the USA, aims to fly a blended wing aircraft the size of a Boeing 757 in 2027. But the aircraft that has advanced the novel concept the most is NASA’s X-48. The beginnings of the X-48 experimental aircraft can be traced back to work done at McDonnell Douglas during the 1990s.