The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.

Determining the crosswind component for an aircraft is a team effort. According to Ross, Boeing meteorologists spend weeks and months looking for potential strong crosswinds at a runway environment ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Boeing just opened a facility in Everett, Washington, where engineers will craft the largest composite wings in the world for the company's forthcoming 777X airplane.

A recap of innovations found on Boeing's upcoming long-range product. The 777X is much more efficient than its predecessor, ...

Boeing and NASA will pause work on the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, an experimental plane design featuring long, ...

Boeing 777X: an upgraded successor to the 777-300ER. 777X features a new innovative wing design for greater lift. GE9X engines enhance fuel efficiency by up to 15% compared to GE90. The Boeing 777 ...

The company was also the first to use folding wingtips on a commercial aircraft, which allows the newer Boeing 777X to have larger, more fuel-efficient wings in the air, but smaller airport ...

Based on a heavily modified McDonnell Douglas MD-90, the X-66 was intended to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing at full scale. The experimental aircraft formed the flagship of NASA’s ...