L'avion du futur prend forme. Les programmes de recherche et d'expérimentation se multiplient. #decarbo #Cleansky @Boeing #NASA #X66A

https://www.aerobuzz.fr/breves-industrie/les-compagnies-americaines-adherent-au-programme-x-66a-de-la-nasa/

#NASA and #Boeing’s newest #Xplane wants to save the planet
#X66A is the first commercial #aircraft design created by NASA specifically to address efficiency. A one-off created under the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, this single-aisle plane takes its design cues from gliders, with the wings perched on top of the fuselage with struts holding the wings in place. NASA estimates testing of X-66A will wrap up later in 2020s, with tires on tarmac sometime in 2030s.
https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/2/23582152/nasa-x-plane-boeing-air-force-sustainable-aircraft

"Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X-Plane", press release by @NASA/@NASAAero - #NASA & #Boeing Sustainable Flight Demonstrator is now X-66A. It will test theorized efficiency of Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/next-generation-experimental-aircraft-becomes-nasa-s-newest-x-plane #X66A #aviation