Boeing to halt X-66 development, narrow focus to thin wings for future jets

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Source: Boeing

Boeing this summer will stop developing NASA’s X-66 truss-braced-wing demonstrator aircraft and shift its focus specifically toward developing thin-wing technology that had been central to X-66’s design.

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