Can Northrop build an oblique flying wing X-plane and revolutionise the design of long-range strike aircraft?

DARPA has given it a chance to find out An aircraft that can loiter like a Global Hawk, fly as far as a B-2 and dash like an F-14 would seem a natural fit for a company that has experience with unmanned aircraft, stealthy bombers and supersonic fighters. Now Northrop Grumman has an opportunity to bring all three together in one airframe. Under a $10.3 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract, the company is designing a supersonic, tailless, variable-sweep oblique flying wing – attributes that have never been combined in a single airframe before, but which promise an unprecedented blend of long endurance and range and rapid deployment.

There is no guarantee it can be made to work, but if Northrop can successfully fly an oblique flying wing (OFW) X-plane demonstrator as planned around 2010-11, it will give designers a new configuration option for future long-range reconnaissance/strike aircraft. Unswept at low speed and swept at high speed (centre), the ... more.

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