Aurora’s Single Fuel Methane concept has a laminar-flow wing and underfloor cryogenic fuel tanks.
Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences
In 2010, U.S. industry completed a series of studies that set NASA’s aeronautics research agenda for the next two decades: hybrid wing bodies, truss-braced wings, hybrid-electric propulsion and high-rate composites. As industry prepares to select technologies for a next-generation single-aisle...
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