In the 1940s, Jack Northrop’s flying wings were meant to revolutionize aviation - sleek, fast, and efficient. But innovation ...

The B-21 bomber pairs cutting edge tech with a throwback aircraft design. It is based on a visionary aircraft design that dates back to World War II. That aircraft, the YB-49, minimized drag but ...

In the 1940s, the flying wing seemed destined to transform aviation with its sleek design and efficiency. But despite promising early tests, Jack Northrop’s prototypes faced engineering challenges and ...

Aviation pioneer Jack Northrop designed the flying wing - a breakthrough that reduced drag... increased lift... and dodged radar. Northrop fought to get the flying wing into mass production - only to ...

The B2 stealth bomber had problems flying in the rain because water easily eroded its radar-evading skin. And its design let ...

The US Air Force (USAF) fleet of strategic stealth bombers has returned to flight duty. Global Strike Command, which oversees the USAF’s small contingent of nuclear-capable Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit ...

"This photo survey covers the flying wing and tailless craft designed and produced by Jack Northrop and his team at Northrop Aircraft, Incorporated between 1939 and the early 1950s. It is not meant to ...

John Knudsen Northrop, 45, has designed such crack planes as the Lockheed Vega, the Army’s A17, but it became evident last week that a big part of his heart and head was really in something very ...

The war years: 1939 to 1945 -- Post-war struggles: 1946 to 1952 -- The post-Northrop years: 1953 to 1959 -- Tom Jones and the new Northrop Corp.: 1960 to 1973 -- Post-Vietnam war and the rise of ...

The prototype’s wing lift was artificially boosted by an extensive pattern of razor-thin slots in the upper wing surface to reduce drag. FLYING is the definitive voice of aviation — trusted by pilots, ...

The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with ...