JetZero Scaled Demo BWB First Flight Imminent

JetZero blended wing body aircraft

JetZero's blended wing body demonstrator, displayed here at the Singapore Airshow, will pave the way for the full-scale aircraft being developed as part of a DIU contract awarded in 2023.

Credit: Mark Wagner Aviation Images
SINGAPORE—California-based JetZero says it is poised to begin flight tests of a subscale version of its full-scale blended wing body (BWB) multirole commercial and military demonstrator in the next few weeks. “It should be in a matter of days and weeks,” JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary tells Aviation Week....
Guy Norris

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

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