The Northrop XP-79 flying wing promised a radical interceptor design, but instability and a fatal first flight ended the project before it could prove itself.

Research and data obtained during the testing of these and other experimental aircraft would lead to today’s B-2 Spirit bomber and beyond. American concerns that Great Britain might fall to Axis ...

Aviation pioneer Jack Northrop designed the flying wing - a breakthrough that reduced drag... increased lift... and dodged radar. Northrop fought to get the flying wing into mass production - only to ...

The vast open skies and secluded airstrips of the Mojave Desert have been used as testing grounds for the world’s most advanced aircraft for decades, and on Oct. 21, 1947, Northrop’s iconic “Flying ...

Key Point: Could this have helped Hitler win the war? Northrop Grumman revealed this year it is developing a second flying wing stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, to succeed its B-2 Spirit. However, it ...

The vast open skies and secluded airstrips of the Mojave Desert have been used as testing grounds for the world’s most advanced aircraft for decades, and on Oct. 21, 1947, Northrop’s iconic “Flying ...