Aurora Refines Design Of Ultraefficient D8 Airliner

Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences
Aurora Flight Sciences continues to flesh out the D8 fuel-efficient airliner design originally developed for NASA by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), optimizing the wing and fuselage for performance and operability in airline service. The “double-bubble” D8 is one of five configurations...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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