X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft in flight

The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission over the Southern California desert on October 30, 1997.

The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission over the Southern California desert on October 30, 1997.

Photographer NASA/Carla Thomas
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X-36Dryden Flight Research CenterBoeing Phantom WorksMcDonnell DouglasAmes Research CenterWilliams InternationalMoffett FieldF112 engineturbofanAir Force Research LaboratoryAFRLReconfigurable Control for Tailless Fighter AircraftRESTOREsoftwareneural-net algorithm