JetZero Focuses On Production Engine And Preps PW2040 For ‘Jet1’ BWB

JetZero Jet1

JetZero’s PW2040-powered Jet1 demonstrator is due to fly by the end of 2027.

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As JetZero begins upgrade work on the engines that will power its Jet1 blended wing body demonstrator into the air late next year, the California startup faces the increasingly critical question of what powerplant to use for its planned follow-on Z4 production aircraft. There is no simple answer...
Guy Norris

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Christine Boynton

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