The United States Air Force is working with JetZero to develop a new tanker with an efficient blended wing design.

Learn about Blended Wing Body aircraft, a remotely piloted experimental jet shaped like a manta ray. Engineer Bob Liebeck explains how Boeing is working with NASA to explore fuel savings and other ...

Bombardier's EcoJet Research Project aims for sustainable flight design with a Blended Wing Body scaled design at 16%. The company plans to optimize energy efficiency and reduce environmental ...

JetZero JetZero suggests that its new design could offer 50% fuel savings and that it could enter into service by 2030. The ...

Blended Wing Body (BWB ... efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, and improve passenger capacity. Recent research has focused on various aspects of BWB aircraft, including their stability ...

Blended-wing aircraft, by contrast, can reduce fuel consumption and be quieter, thanks to higher lift-to-drag ratios and better integration of the noisy propulsion systems. JetZero representatives ...

This layout can be used to increase the aircraft’s internal volume, and improve aerodynamic losses, by eliminating the tail. Research shows that blended wing design could reduce fuel consumption ...