NASA Prepares For Next Generation Of Single-Aisles

October 23, 2020
TTBW objective airliner concept
The TTBW objective airliner concept (below) and possible flight demonstrator configuration (above).
Credit: Boeing Concepts
NASA has begun planning for a flight demonstration of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing ultraefficient airliner configuration. The experimental aircraft would be one of a suite of demonstration projects to mature key technologies for a next-generation subsonic commercial transport by the mid-2020s....

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