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News article in New Scientist magazine of Nov 20, 1999

Feasibility study for Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft = MANTA = X-44a

Having no movable surfaces makes an aircraft more stealthy and more manoeurvable.

Three dimensional thrust vectoring requires lots of computer power.

F-22 uses only 2D thrust vectoring.

Steven Schmidt is NASA's X-44a program manager.