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 …

Feb 11, 2010 · The Air Force has designated the prototype the X-48B based on its interest in the design’s potential as a multi-role, long-range, high-capacity military transport aircraft. The …

The Air Force designated the sub-scale prototype as the X-48B, based on its inter-est in the design’s potential as a multi-role, long-range, high-capacity military transport aircraft. The …

The X-48B Low Speed Vehicle (LSV) is an 8.5%-scale version of a full-scale blended-wing-body aircraft designed to investigate the stability and control characteristics of this aircraft …

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 …

The X-48 aircraft is an investigational unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aimed at studying the characteristics of the blended wing body (BWB) for aircraft. The UAV is designed by Boeing …

In cooperation with NASA and other research organizations, a small propeller-driven BWB model airplane of 5.2 m (17 ft) wingspan was built, and test-flown in 1997. As a continuation of the …

May 21, 2008 · EDWARDS, Calif. – NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and The Boeing Co. are expanding the flight envelope for the X-48B blended wing body research aircraft. Flight …

This scaled, remotely piloted vehicle was developed to investigate the low-speed stability and control characteristics of a full-scale BWB. The X-48B aircraft has a wingspan of 20.4 ft, …

Sep 29, 2009 · 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 …