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A rendering of the JetZero blended wing body aircraft prototype for the US Air Force. JetZero is a startup company in the aviation industry founded in Long Beach, California, in 2021. [1] It focuses on blended wing body aircraft. [2] [3] The U.S. Air Force, NASA, and a small group of private investors supplied the initial funding. [4]
Blended-wing planes are essentially one giant wing. A scale model of the Airbus blended-wing concept aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow in 2022. Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty ...
The “blended wing body” looks similar to the “flying wing” design used by military aircraft such as the iconic B-2 bomber, but the blended wing has more volume in the middle section. Both ...
Natilus' design for a "blended-wing" concept combines the wing and fuselage to increase efficiency. Imagine a B-21 bomber with passenger windows.
A rendering of the US Air Force blended wing body aircraft project. A blended wing body (BWB), also known as blended body, hybrid wing body (HWB) or a lifting aerofoil fuselage, [1] is a fixed-wing aircraft having no clear dividing line between the wings and the main body of the craft. [2] The aircraft has distinct wing and body structures ...
At DZYNE, Page designed the Ascent 1000, a concept jetliner with a blended wing body design, intended to be a vision for the next generation of business jets and commercial airliners. The jet uses a single deck design with pivoting landing gear and the ability to hold between 120 and 200 passengers depending on configuration.
The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body that officials say could provide greater range and efficiency for military tankers ...
The X-47B is a tailless jet-powered blended-wing-body aircraft capable of semi-autonomous operation and aerial refueling. [ 1 ] The X-47B first flew in 2011, and as of 2015 [update] , its two active demonstrators have undergone extensive flight and operational integration testing, having successfully performed a series of land- and carrier ...