NASA Looks Beyond X-66 Toward Future Generation Of Net-Zero Airliners
Distributed turbo-electric propulsion, lifting fuselage and boundary layer ingestion are part of Electra’s initial concept.
Credit: Electra.aero
NASA launched a series of studies in 2008 to identify concepts and technologies for ultra-efficient airliners that could enter service by 2035, setting in motion a journey that should lead to Boeing’s transonic truss-braced-wing X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator flying in 2028. Now NASA has...
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