The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft is an American stealthy subscale prototype jet designed to fly without the traditional empennage found on most aircraft.

2014年2月28日 · The X-36 is a 28-percent scale representation of a theoretical advanced fighter aircraft configuration. The Boeing Phantom Works (formerly McDonnell-Douglas) in St. Louis, MO, built the X-36, in a cooperative agreement with NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

NASA/Boeing X-36. The X-36 replaced the elevators, ailerons and rudders found on traditional aircraft with split ailerons and a thrust-vectoring nozzle for directional control. It also incorporated an advanced, digital fly-by-wire control system. (U.S. Air Force photo)

2022年1月14日 · The McDonnell Douglas X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft was built in the late '90s in collaboration with NASA with the objective to reduce weight and drag while increasing range,...

2014年1月24日 · The X-36 project team developed and demonstrated the tailless fighter design using advanced technologies to improve the maneuverability and survivability of possible future fighter aircraft. The X-36 program met or exceeded all project goals.

2023年12月9日 · Two unmanned X-36 aircraft were produced, and each was about a quarter of the size of a potential future fighter – however, only one of the prototype fighters was actually tested in the air....

The NASA/Boeing X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft program successfully demonstrated the tailless fighter design using advanced technologies to improve the maneuverability and survivability of possible future fighter aircraft.

The McDonnell Douglas x-36 (sometimes referred to as the Boeing x-36) Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft was a subscale, remotely-controlled prototype. It was designed to reduce...

6 天之前 · The McDonnell Douglas X-36 was a revolutionary stealth fighter prototype, designed to fly without a tail and test the limits of agility and radar evasion. Though it never went into production, it ...

2019年9月21日 · The X-36 is a 28-percent scale representation of a theoretically advanced fighter aircraft configuration. The Boeing Phantom Works (formerly McDonnell-Douglas) in St. Louis, MO, built the X-36, in a cooperative agreement with NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.