Boeing’s X-66 program with NASA (pictured in an artist's concept at the recent AIAA Aviation Forum) is designed to pave the way for the airframer’s next narrowbody and the engines that will power it.
Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST
Boeing is quietly questioning the use of CFM International’s RISE open fan engine to power its next-generation single-aisle aircraft and instead appears to be leaning toward advanced ducted engines. Sources inside the airframer say product development engineers are concerned that the additional...
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