A new type of passenger plane will adopt a design that blends wings into the aircraft's body, which its creators say will cut ...

The United States Air Force is working with JetZero to develop a new tanker with an efficient blended wing design.

Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft represent a significant innovation in aviation design, characterized by their unique shape that merges the wings and body into a single structure. This design aims ...

Research shows that blended wing design could reduce fuel consumption by as much as 27%. Since load and produced lift are spread more evenly along the entire width of the aircraft, it also reduces ...

Alaska Airlines is exploring JetZero's fuel-efficient blended-wing body aircraft design for sustainable aviation. The BWB design reduces fuel consumption by up to 50% due to aerodynamic efficiency ...

There are also military applications for blended wing body aircraft ... Though small, the design was intended ...

But a blended wing essentially blends those together ... The report also noted the present engineering advances “in structural design, materials technology, manufacturing,” that would enable ...

Learn about Blended Wing Body aircraft, a remotely piloted experimental jet shaped like a manta ray. Engineer Bob Liebeck explains how Boeing is working with NASA to explore fuel savings and other ...

But JetZero believes the potential benefits of the blended wing body design are too compelling to ignore. The biggest perk of a blended wing body is its wider, shorter fuselage, which transitions ...

The plane uses a "blended wing" design, which could improve fuel efficiency by 50%, JetZero and Siemens representatives said Wednesday (Jan. 8) in a press conference held at CES 2025 in Las Vegas.