Daily Memo: Hard Lessons From BWB Startup’s Demise

Outbound flew a 300-lb, 20-ft. wing-span subscale demonstrator of its planned Olympic BWB airliner

Outbound flew a 300-lb, 20-ft. wing-span subscale demonstrator of its planned Olympic BWB airliner

Credit: Outbound Aerospace
Production delays and the absence of new aircraft development programs at Airbus and Boeing have led many analysts to conjecture that there is potential for a third competitor to emerge to challenge the duopoly in large commercial aircraft. Brazil’s Embraer and China’s Comac are most often cited as...
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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