NASA's Blended Wing Body Aircraft Picks Up Speed
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Boeing and NASA continue to push ahead with testing of their X-48B blended wing body (BWB) research aircraft, a design Boeing engineers say is about 30-percent more fuel efficient than a similarly sized conventional aircraft carrying an equivalent payload. "We want to fully understand the aerodynamics of the blended wing body design all the way […]
Boeing and NASA continue to push ahead with testing of their X-48B blended wing body (BWB) research aircraft, a design Boeing engineers say is about 30-percent more fuel efficient than a similarly sized conventional aircraft carrying an equivalent payload. We want to fully understand the aerodynamics of the blended wing body design all the way […]
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NASA's Blended Wing Body Aircraft Picks Up Speed
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Boeing's X-48C Blended Wing Body wraps up flight tests
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