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Boeing, NASA pause experimental, sustainable plane project
Boeing and NASA will pause work on the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, an experimental plane design featuring long, ...
FLYING Magazine8h
NASA and Boeing Hit ‘Pause’ on Experimental X-66
Transonic truss-braced wing project is on hold after Boeing proposes to investigate a simpler, thin-wing design.
Interesting Engineering12h
NASA, Boeing pause X-66 to chase breakthrough ultra-thin wing aircraft design
The X-66 program heavily modified a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft to demonstrate a truss-braced version of the thin wing.