Rutan was eager to use N7EZ to explore further the performance of the canard layout. He reasoned that by breaking the world speed records for airplanes of the VariEze weight class (less than 500 ...

Switzerland's Manta Aircraft is working on a flexible hybrid-electric canard aircraft design that will be capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) or efficient short take-off and landing ...

The aircraft can carry up to 2,000 pounds of payload in multiple locations including an internal weapons bay sized to accommodate two AIM-120s. Scaled Composites leveraged extensive experience in ...