A US startup building a radical 'flying wing' plane to take on Airbus and Boeing revealed its first airline customer

The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with ...
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Airbus CEO predicts military-style design, less windows for future planes

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury suggests that future passenger aircraft could adopt a stealthy blended wing body design similar to ...
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Photos: Blended wing body aircraft promises 50% fewer emissions, 30% less fuel use

The Blended Wing Body (BWB) design has been around since the 1920s but has only seen real-world use in military aircraft, like the B-1 Lancer bomber. Unlike a flying wing (which is all wing) or a ...
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Video: US firm taps YouTuber to build 'world’s largest' blended-wing prototype

The video titled “World’s biggest Prototype Blended Wing Body Aircraft, Natilus Horizon Part 1” was released on December 12 ...
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This radical plane concept with an all-in-one wing could be the future of flight. See the leading designs.

Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading development of these efficient flying wings. The jets would burn dramatically less fuel and feature distinctly shaped passenger cabins. Aircraft ...
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This US-made Airliner of the Future Just Hit the Jackpot in India

One of the coolest, most innovative aircraft concepts born in California is bold enough to challenge behemoths like the ...
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United invests in blended wing aircraft designer JetZero

United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) aims to be one of the first U.S. commercial carriers to fly passengers on a futuristic blended wing body ("BWB") aircraft, thanks to its investment in startup JetZero, ...
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Delta to advise JetZero with development of blended-wing airliner

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 ...
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Delta to assist JetZero with interior design of blended-wing planes

The divergent shape of blended-wing aircraft provides a blank canvas for aircraft interior designers. Photo Credit: JetZero Delta will help aircraft engineering startup JetZero design the interior of ...
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Natilus bets more low-cost carriers will follow SpiceJet’s tentative order for 100 blended-wing body aircraft

Indian carrier SpiceJet has signed a conditional purchase agreement for 100 of Natilus's blended-wing body aircraft, marking ...
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Ultra-efficient blended wing airliner: The perfect hydrogen platform?

This unique blended-wing airliner promises not only to reduce fuel burn and emissions by an enormous 50% - but thanks to a new partnership, it could also be the best chance we've seen to deliver ...
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Natilus Debuts Revolutionary Interior Design for the HORIZON Blended-Wing Passenger Aircraft

The 200-passenger HORIZON offers 40% more space than Boeing 737 MAX8 Video Conference pods create a 'work-from-sky' experience with private video-enabled work spaces Deluxe Club Seating enables family ...