Wind tunnel tests of a scale model were conducted, however no full-scale examples of the aircraft were built before the project was cancelled.

The aircraft featured a tailless design,[2] and was essentially a flying wing with a small vertical stabiliser.

[1] Two prototypes (BuNos 37635 and 37636) were ordered,[4] and tests of a 1/17-scale model of the XBDR were conducted in a NACA gust tunnel at Langley Field in 1944.

Requested by the Bureau of Aeronautics in an attempt to determine the load factors of the unusually configured aircraft,[5] these tests initially encountered difficulty with the center of gravity of the model, but once this was resolved the tests were successfully carried out, and a gust factor of 1.22 was recommended for use in the design.

[5] Despite the successful testing the Navy decided not to pursue full-scale development of the aircraft, and the order for the two prototypes was cancelled.