Airbus CEO said the future of commercial aviation could be a B-2 bomber-like plane with a cabin in the wing

A blended-wing body aircraft is essentially one giant wing with the cabin built inside. Two California companies are racing ...
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Blended Wing Body Demonstrator Jet Contract Awarded By Air Force (Updated)

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force has selected JetZero to design and build a demonstrator aircraft with a blended wing body, or BWB, configuration ...
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Construction begins on JetZero’s blended-wing-body demonstrator in California

Construction has begun on the fuselage assembly for the first demonstrator of JetZero’s Jet1 ...
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California startup JetZero is building a wide, wing-shaped passenger jet meant to burn up to 50% less fuel, and Japan Airlines just joined the project

JetZero's wide, wing-shaped jet promises major fuel savings, and Japan Airlines just joined the project ahead of its first ...
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JetZero poised to flight-test blended wing-body ‘Pathfinder’ demonstrator

A blended wing-body demonstrator aircraft developed by US start-up JetZero has received an airworthiness certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, advancing the company’s plans for a ...
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World’s first blended wing jet promises 5,000 nm range and 50% fuel savings

A US aerospace startup has taken a massive step toward revolutionizing air travel by ...
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JetZero: Groundbreaking ‘blended-wing’ demonstrator plane cleared to fly

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blended wing aircraft could slash carbon emissions. This rendering shows a design by California-based JetZero, which aims to have ...
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight

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 ...
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USAF Settles on Blended Wing Body Aircraft Design, This Is It

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 ...
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Air Force sees blended wing body transport aircraft as way to reduce fuel costs

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 ...
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Air Force selects JetZero for blended-wing body prototype plane

The U.S. Air Force has chosen California startup JetZero to build and test a wing-shaped airplane, which may influence the design of the service’s future mobility planes. The service announced the ...
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Flight Tests Enter Second Phase

EDWARDS, Calif. – NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and The Boeing Co. are expanding the flight envelope for the X-48B blended wing body research aircraft. Flight tests with the 500-pound, remotely ...