NASA Launches Search For Sustainable Airliner X-Plane Demo

One candidate for NASA’s sustainable-aircraft X-plane is Boeing’s Transonic Truss-Braced Wing.
Credit: NASA
CHICAGO—NASA has launched its hunt for a large-scale experimental aircraft to demonstrate the airframe configuration and technologies for a sustainable single-aisle-class airliner that could enter service by the mid-2030s. The request for partnership proposals to build and flight test the...
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