NASA and Boeing's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project has a name: the U.S. Air Force has designated the design as the X-66A. [Courtesy: NASA]
Key Takeaways:
NASA and Boeing's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project has been officially designated the X-66A by the U.S. Air Force.
The X-66A aims to develop a single-aisle aircraft featuring a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) design to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 30%.
This experimental aircraft (X-plane) is a key initiative to validate breakthrough designs and technologies, contributing to the goal of net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, with NASA investing $425 million.
NASA and Boeing’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project has a name: the U.S. Air Force has designated the design as the X-66A.
Six months ago the space agency selected Boeing (NYSE:BA) to design a single-aisle airplane that could reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 30 percent compared to other aircraft in its class.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
