Research shows that blended wing design could reduce fuel consumption by as much as 27%. Since load and produced lift are spread more evenly along the entire width of the aircraft, it also reduces ...

The twinjet features a unique "blended-wing body," or BWB, a design where the wing and fuselage are combined into one. After years of development, JetZero has built a 1:8 demonstrator, and the ...

ATLANTA—In a departure from traditional tube-and-wing design, JetZero is developing a new blended-wing body (BWB) aircraft ...

The BWB design reduces fuel consumption by 50% and also reduces carbon emissions. The blended wing design is not new; Airbus is also working on a similar design, which will utilize its concept for ...

Learn about Blended Wing Body aircraft ... fuel savings and other potential benefits of this exciting airplane design A Tomato Trail The Incredible Flying Car of the 1950s The Art of Sausage ...

While he was the chief engineer for the Glenn Martin Aircraft Company, he sketched at least one never-flown blended-wing design. Today the blended-wing concept has been greatly refined to mean a ...

Credit: NASA Image Collection / Alamy Stock Photo Cranfield University, the UK’s premier academic aerospace research hub, is leading the design of multiple scaled blended wing body (BWB ...

Blended wing body aircraft come with several advantages, including more lift, less drag and, above all, more interior space. On the downside, this design can prove tricky when it comes to ...

to create a sustainable aircraft that's up to 50% more fuel-efficient than a currently operated aircraft and sports a blended-wing-body design, according to a news release. The startup company ...

I'm not talking here solely about new engine and powertrain technologies being developed, but also about new approaches in the design of aircraft ... called a blended wing body aircraft.