USAF Poised To Issue BWB Tanker-Transport Solicitation

Boeing displayed its BWB concept at the recent AIAA Aviation 2022 in Chicago.
Credit: Guy Norris/AWST
CHICAGO—The U.S. Air Force is expected to issue a request for information (RFI) within the next week for the design of a large-scale prototype of a blended wing body (BWB), the first details of which emerged in President Biden’s recently announced fiscal 2023 budget request. Unusually for a...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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