A blended-wing body aircraft is essentially one giant wing with the cabin built inside. Two California companies are racing ...

The U.S. Air Force says it has picked aviation startup JetZero to design and build a full-size demonstrator aircraft with a blended wing body, or BWB, configuration. The goal is for the aircraft, ...

The Pacific Ocean is vast, and when it comes to planning for how to fight a war in and across it, the United States is turning to a new airframe design—one that promises more efficient flight. In an ...

More than a century of aviation has given us humans certain preconceptions when it comes to the machines that fly in our sky. Just take the shape of an aircraft into consideration. The simple mention ...

The basic design of commercial airplanes hasn't changed much in the past 60 years. Modern airliners like the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 have the same general shape as the Boeing 707 and the ...

Delta Air Lines has agreed to support start-up JetZero’s development of a blended-wing-body commercial aircraft by providing operational and cabin-design input. In revealing the partnership on 5 March ...

Aug. 17 (UPI) --The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday selected the company JetZero to develop the next phase of a prototype for a blended wing body aircraft, a change in design from traditional ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The U.S. Air Force expressed interest in the design presumably as a long-range, multi-role bomber. However, Boeing’s VP of Product Development and Future Airplane ...

San Diego startup Natilus plans to build the world's first blended wing body (BWB) airliner, the Horizon, aiming for a 2030 launch. The Horizon is designed to seat 200 passengers and use 30% less fuel ...

EDWARDS, Calif. — NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., provided critical support for the first flight July 20 of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test ...

LAS VEGAS—Blended wing body (BWB) developer JetZero has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for its full-scale demonstrator following a flight with its subscale Pathfinder AV-1 vehicle that ...

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