The triangle-shaped "blended-wing body" plane ditches the traditional tube-and-wing design for one giant, sweeping wing with the cabin built inside.
Airbus and the startups JetZero and Natilus are leading development of these efficient flying wings. The jets would burn dramatically less fuel and feature distinctly shaped passenger cabins. Aircraft ...
A scale model of the Airbus Blended-Wing Body concept aircraft, which would run on hydrogen.Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Airbus' CEO said the next generation of commercial aircraft could ...
FILTON, England, July 4 (Reuters) - Airbus AIR.PA is stepping up testing of radical new wing technology as the planemaker lays the foundation for a future successor to its best-selling A320 series, ...
Airbus is stepping up the development of ground-breaking wing technology as it prepares for a potential replacement for its enormously successful A320 series. However, the esteemed aircraft ...
The California-based startup describes the HORIZON BWB as a direct challenge to “industry leaders like the Boeing 737 Max and ...
Xi’an Aircraft has begun building a factory at Tianjin, China, that will complete wings for the Airbus A320 family assembled at another plant in the city. Xi’an, which is being merged into a focused ...
Airbus is preparing to conduct a destructive test of an experimental wing as part of a technologies initiative, as it opens a new facility at its UK site in Filton dedicated to future wing research.