Boeing X-48
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The Boeing X-48 is an American experimental unmanned aerial vehicle built to investigate the characteristics of blended wing body aircraft. Boeing designed the X-48 and two examples were built by Cran
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X-48B on static display at the 2006 Edwards Airshow
The X-48C featuring two engines and inboard vertical stabilizers
X-48B on its first flight
Boeing Phantom Works
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Boeing Phantom Works is the advanced prototyping arm of the defense and security side of Boeing. Its primary focus is developing advanced military products and technologies, many of them highly classi
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…commercial applications. These advantages are achieved at the expense of a multitude of disadvantages that make the concept impractical for airline use. Boeing Phantom Works developed the blended wing body (BWB) aircraft concept in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Center. In an initial effort to study the flight…
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