For ages, it seems, we have grown accustomed to airplanes looking a certain way: there's a central fuselage that hides room for people and cargo, wings to either side of that, and engines generally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Blended wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading ...

Aviation is entering a strange but exciting phase. For decades, most passenger aircraft have ...

Have you ever wondered what the interior of a passenger-ready, blended wing body (BWB) aircraft would look like? Well, wonder no more, as today a San Diego-based company called Natilus released ...

Anyone with an inkling of interest in super-sized remote control aircraft probably has at least seen some of the mind-blowing projects that [Ramy RC] has worked on over the years, with examples like ...

United Airlines, via its investment arm, has invested in JetZero, a startup developing a blended wing body (BWB) aircraft design, and holds a conditional purchase agreement for up to 100 aircraft with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An aerospace expert and Managing Director of The Lundquist Group. Earlier this month the venture arm of Alaska Airlines announced ...

Delta Air Lines is partnering with aerospace startup JetZero to introduce a revolutionary aircraft design that has the potential to transform the future of commercial flying. This new design, called ...

Aircraft manufacturer Natilus wants to build a new type of airliner to rival Airbus and Boeing as the industry demands more efficient planes. The California-based startup has announced plans for a 200 ...

EDWARDS, Calif. — NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., provided critical support for the first flight July 20 of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test ...

As US-based aerospace manufacturer Natilus secures US$28 million in additional financing, the company has revealed the latest supersized version of its Horizon blended-wing airliner that upgrades the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Blended wing" aircraft could be the future of commercial aviation. Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading ...