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JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.

The 200-seat double-deck design seeks to increase efficiency.

U.S. startups Natilus and JetZero sense the time is right for a chance to break into the big jet air transport business with radical blended wing body concepts.

California-based startup Natilus has announced plans to develop a 200-seat blended wing body (BWB) airliner targeting the underserved midmarket.

Airline interest in the BWB concept grows as the U.S. Air Force-supported JetZero program primes the pump for commercial and military applications.

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Dewar was most recently senior vice president and general manager of the Airbus A220 program.

After partnering with JetZero, easyJet CEO Johan Lundgren shares his thoughts on future technologies and eco-initiatives.

EasyJet has partnered with blended wing body (BWB) aircraft developer JetZero, joining Alaska Airlines as part of a planned 12-airline customer focus group.

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The startup’s blended wing plan is moving forward with new airline funding and a growing development team.

FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.

Alaska Airlines has become the first commercial operator to declare serious interest in the BWB under development by JetZero, signing options for an undisclosed number of aircraft from the startup.

“This model ... did what it was meant to do, which is it proved the aerodynamics of the nose activating take-off gear,” says JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary.

Plans to replace the three main fleets of mobility aircraft remain decades away, following the production run of the Next Generation Aerial Refueling System.

Bombardier, Embraer, and Gulfstream have shown new aircraft can be developed at reasonable prices.

Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.

For decades, aircraft manufacturers have preferred derivatives over all-new aircraft. That approach appears to be ending.

An airline operator pre-working group will guide plans for the commercial blended wing body as subscale flight tests pave way for a multirole demonstrator.

JetZero says it is poised to begin flight tests of a subscale version of its full-scale blended wing body multirole demonstrator in the next few weeks.

We may be witnessing the slow demise of what was once the world’s greatest aerospace company, with few identifiable roadblocks to an act of self-immolation.

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Major events in aerospace and defense during 2023.

New aircraft concepts offer hope for airlines struggling with high fuel prices—and for Boeing in its quest to remain commercially relevant.

The U.S. Air Force’s research and acquisition bureaucracy will play only a supporting role as the service’s energy office leads flight demonstration.