The Joint Strike Fighter has been described as the largest single defense program in history, with a potential market for…
The Grumman X-29 was an American experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. The X-29 was developed by Grumman, and…
The X-20 Dyna-Soar was designed to provide a piloted maneuverable vehicle for conducting flight research in the hypersonic and flight…
Originally developed as a private venture by Curtiss-Wright, the X-19 was intended to demonstrate the practicality of the tilt-rotor concept….
The Hiller X-18 was an experimental cargo transport aircraft designed to be the first testbed for tiltwing and V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) technology….
The X-16 was the most blatant misuse of the X-vehicle designation system — it was simply an attempt to hide…
In the joint X-15 hypersonic research program that NASA conducted with the Air Force, the Navy, and North American Aviation,…
The Ryan X-13 Vertijet (company designation Model 69) was an experimental vertical take-off and landing jet aircraft built by Ryan Aeronautical and flown in the United States…
The Bell X-5 was built to test the feasibility of changing the sweep angle of an aircraft’s wings in flight….
The Future of Aerospace is X X-Planes: Special Edition of Aerotech News and Review Serving California’s Aerospace Valley | Edwards…
The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was the sleekest of the early experimental aircraft, but its research accomplishments were not those originally…
When most people think of the Bell X-1, they think of then-Capt. Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier on Oct….
by Stuart Ibberson, editor When people hear the term “X-Planes” they often think of cutting edge aircraft used to test…
