As Alex Hollings wrote on Sandboxx, “If the X-44 Manta could have offered similar performance to the F-22 while also being even harder to detect, it may have been enough to push this aircraft ...

What You Need to Know: The Lockheed Martin X-44 Manta, short for "Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft," was a groundbreaking stealth fighter concept developed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force in 1999.