The U.S. Air Force currently operates three bomber aircraft. After the eventual arrival of the B-21 Raider, two of these—the ...

Convair proposed a supersonic bomber, the XB-53, with forward-swept wings – but the plane was never built. Forward-swept versions of the Bell X-1, the Douglas D-558, and the North American P-51 ...

From supersonic jets to spaceships ... Many of the ideas from these aircraft-such as the advantages of swept-wing designs for faster speeds-are still followed in contemporary jet fighters and ...

The swept-wing research aircraft attained Mac 2.005 (1,291 mph ... for obtaining aerodynamic information at transonic and supersonic speeds. The Navy issued a letter of intent to Douglas on ...

Besides cleaning up the aircraft and arresting corrosion ... s Black Widow made a “very early contribution to swept-wing supersonic research.” So what if the Museum’s P-61 never saw combat ...

Chinese aerospace giant Comac has unveiled its plans for the C949, a supersonic aircraft designed to fly ... curvature design in the fuselage or wings that inverts traditional airfoil shapes ...

We develop know-how and innovative technologies for future aircraft aiming to improve flight ... and control of compressible vortical flows over multi-swept delta wings, the complex flow through ...

Mach 1.7 supersonic airliner. Both the XB-1 and Overture share key technologies, such as advanced carbon fiber composites and a refined delta wing. Overture is slated to roll out in 2025.