NASA awards 425 million to Boeing for fuel-efficient airliner research

NASA awards 425 million to Boeing for fuel-efficient airliner research: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded $ 425 million to Boeing for the agency’s sustainable flight demonstrator project.

Boeing will work with NASA to “build, test, and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft and validate technologies aimed at lowering emissions,” the agency said.

They will also validate technologies, that aimed to lower emissions. NASA will invest $425 million and the remaining amount of the agreement funding (estimated at 725 million dollars) will be contributed by the Boeing and its partners.

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The “Transonic Truss-Braced Wing” demonstrator single-aisle airplane aims to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by up to 30%. The concept involves an aircraft with extra-long, ultrathin wings stabilized by diagonal struts and higher-aspect ratios that could eventually accommodate advanced propulsion systems.

Boeing chief engineer Greg Hyslop said the program “represents an opportunity to design, build and fly a full-scale experimental plane, while solving novel technical problems.”

Single-aisle aircraft account for nearly half of worldwide aviation emissions. NASA plans to complete testing by the late 2020s, so technologies demonstrated could impact industry decisions about next generation aircraft in the 2030s.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the goal of the project is to “produce and test a full-scale demonstrator will help lead to future commercial airliners that are more fuel efficient, with benefits to the environment, the commercial aviation industry, and to passengers worldwide.”