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.

x-36 是一种遥控无尾技术验证机，它在试验中获取的数据将能极大的提升未来战斗机空战操控性和生存能力。 X-36 将用来研究战斗机隐身设计与飞行敏捷性的配合，及其对其它性能的影响。

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)

2019年9月21日 · The McDonnell Douglas later Boeing X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft was an American stealthy subscale prototype jet designed to fly without the traditional tail assembly found on most aircraft. This configuration was designed to reduce weight, drag and radar cross-section, but increase range, maneuverability, and survivability.

2023年4月10日 · The X-36 was an experimental aircraft designed to find out if planes could be just as maneuverable at a wider range of speed. Here's what happened.

The X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft is a subscale prototype jet built by McDonnell Douglas designed to fly without the traditional tail surfaces common on most aircraft. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California hosted the X-36 program, as well as providing range support for the flight tests.

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.

The Boeing X-36 is a tailless, unmanned experimental aircraft designed to test advanced agility and control technologies for future fighter jets.

The X-36 reached altitudes of over 20,000 ft (6,100 m), speeds in excess of 230 mph (370 km/h), and angles of attack up to 40° in a total of 15 hr and 38 min of flight.