Explore why the B-2 Spirit’s flat flying wing design embodies stealth, physics, and strategy, and how it set the stage for ...

"This photo survey covers the flying wing and tailless craft designed and produced by Jack Northrop and his team at Northrop Aircraft, Incorporated between 1939 and the early 1950s. It is not meant to ...

The B-2 serves a complementary role in the Air Force's bomber fleet because the Rockwell B-1 Lancer is designed for ...

The Northrop B-2 lacks a tail because it emphasizes stealth over maneuverability and is designed for deep penetration strikes ...

The war years: 1939 to 1945 -- Post-war struggles: 1946 to 1952 -- The post-Northrop years: 1953 to 1959 -- Tom Jones and the new Northrop Corp.: 1960 to 1973 -- Post-Vietnam war and the rise of ...

The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Oct. 11, 1965, issue featured Northrop Corp.'s M2-F2 lifting body research vehicle mated to the wing of a Boeing B-52 at NASA’s Flight Research Center ...