As Boeing prepares to bid its ultraefficient transonic truss-braced wing design for NASA’s sustainable flight demonstrator X-plane contest later this year, tests are focusing on further maturing the concept and reducing risk. Targeting a step-change reduction in fuel burn of up to 10% compared with...
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