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The innovative and potentially very effective flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are deleted and all payload is carried in a thick wing, was employed by the YB-35 and YB-49. Both the YB-35 and the YB-49 used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are eliminated and all payload is carried in a thick wing Conceived by Jack Northrop as a large wing-only, long-range heavy bombers, the Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 were experimental airplanes developed by the Northrop Corporation for the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) during and shortly after World War II. The aircraft used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are eliminated and all payload is carried in a thick wing. Only prototype and pre-production aircraft were built, although interest remained strong enough to warrant further development of the design as a jet bomber, under the design...

The innovative and potentially very effective flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are deleted and all payload is carried in a thick wing, was employed by the YB-35 and YB-49. Both the YB-35 and the YB-49 used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are eliminated and all payload is carried in a thick wing Conceived by Jack Northrop as a large wing-only, long-range heavy bombers, the Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 were experimental airplanes developed by the Northrop Corporation for the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) during and shortly after World War II. The aircraft used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are eliminated and all payload is carried in a thick wing. Only prototype and pre-production aircraft were built, although interest remained strong enough to warrant further development of the design as a jet bomber, under the ...

Lockheed Martin has introduced dra wings of a new fighter jet design that is suspected to be a manned version of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, namely the next generation fighter jet (sixth generation) for the US Air Force (USAF). The stealth aircraft is shown refueling in the air, ‘feeding’ on the LMXT tanker concept also designed by Lockheed Martin.   Lockheed Martin’s vision of a possible manned NGAD aircraft was to combine diamond-shaped wings with straight leading and trailing edges. The wings are flush with the fuselage, are tailless, and feature a single, prominent chin line that tapers sharply towards the nose. The twin engines are buried in the fuselage and the exhaust is hidden above the diamond-cut rear surface.The aircraft is described as wearing a glossy or semi-reflective coating, which could be in line with similar experimental coatings seen on the F-22, F-35, and recent F-117. The engine air intakes are not visible, suggesting they may ...