says it has picked aviation startup to design and build a full-size demonstrator aircraft with a or BWB, configuration. The goal is for the , which has already received the informal moniker , to be flying by 2027. It could help inform requirements for the Next-Generation Air Refueling System () and Next-Generation Airlift () programs, which the Air Force is still in the process of refining.
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Jetzero received funding from the US Air Force to develop a Blended Wing Body. There are concepts to use it in civil aircraft, too. This might change how we fly. 🛫

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