Edwards AFB, Calif. — The remotely piloted X-48C aircraft successfully flew for the first time Tuesday at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. The aircraft, designed by The Boeing Co.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.--If you want to know what the future of airplane design looks like, you might have to make your way out to the middle of the Mojave Desert. Tucked away inside a ...

The aerospace giant and NASA say the distinctive "blended wing body" design flew like a champ in low-speed tests and holds promise for quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft yet to come. Jon Skillings ...

An experimental craft from Boeing and NASA took its very first flight, showing what airplanes could look like 20 years from now. An experimental craft from Boeing and NASA took its very first flight, ...

Boeing completed a successful test flight of their remotely piloted X-48C blended wing body aircraft on Tuesday at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. The X-48C is a scale model of a ...

CHICAGO, Ill. – A modified Boeing Blended Wing Body research aircraft – designated the X-48C – flew for the first time today at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

Boeing and NASA hope to fly a new version of the X-48 blended-wing body subscale test aircraft next month, a senior company official says. "We're looking to fly roughly middle to late next month," ...

The remotely piloted X-48C aircraft successfully flew for the first time Aug. 7 at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert. The aircraft, designed by The Boeing Co. and built by Cranfield ...