Boeing X-48B Blended-Wing-Body Research Aircraft Family
The Boeing X-48B was a remotely piloted blended-wing-body research aircraft used by Boeing, NASA, and the Air Force Research Laboratory to explore a lifting-body transport configuration. Its integrated wing and fuselage, low-speed flight tests, and flight-control research informed later studies of efficient large transport aircraft.
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Identity
- Aliases
- X-48BBoeing X-48BBlended Wing Body demonstrator
- Family Name
- Boeing X-48B Blended-Wing-Body
- Full Name
- Boeing X-48B Blended-Wing-Body Research Aircraft Family
- Roles
- researchexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Boeing X-48B was a remotely piloted blended-wing-body research aircraft used by Boeing, NASA, and the Air Force Research Laboratory to explore a lifting-body transport configuration. Its integrated wing and fuselage, low-speed flight tests, and flight-control research informed later studies of efficient large transport aircraft.
- First Flight Year
- 2,007
- Manufacturer
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 02:52:54 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 02:52:54 UTC