A blended wing body (BWB), also known as blended body, hybrid wing body (HWB) or a lifting aerofoil fuselage, [1] is a fixed-wing aircraft having no clear dividing line between the wings and the main body of the craft. [2]

2025年1月5日 · JetZero is working on the subscale BWB aircraft demonstrator, named “Pathfinder,” while Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites division is fabricating the full-size airplane and has already...

The U.S. Air Force has selected innovative aerospace startup JetZero and Northrop Grumman to design, build and fly a full-scale blended wing body aircraft (BWB), which aims to demonstrate enhanced capabilities for improved efficiency, endurance and cargo capacity on multi-mission military and commercial platforms.

2025年1月8日 · The U.S. Air Force is exploring a revolutionary Blended-Wing Body (BWB) aircraft, which promises enhanced fuel efficiency, reduced carbon emissions, and potential stealth applications.

2023年8月17日 · The Department of the Air Force announced the selection of JetZero for the next phase of a blended wing body prototype aircraft project on August 16, 2023. The effort aims to mature BWB technology

2025年1月3日 · In August 2023, the Department of the Air Force tapped startup JetZero to build a prototype Blended-Wing Body (BWB) aircraft for testing and demonstrating new technologies. Nearly 18 months later, a service spokesperson offered one of the first updates to the project.

2023年8月24日 · The Blended Wing Body (BWB) design concept seeks to meld the low radar cross section and drag-reducing efficiencies of a flying wing-shape aircraft (like the Air Force’s...

2023年8月16日 · With a design that differs from a traditional tube-and-wing aircraft, the BWB blends the aircraft body into its high-aspect-ratio wing, decreasing aerodynamic drag by at least 30% and providing additional lift.

2025年1月8日 · The U.S. Air Force is advancing the development of a blended-wing body (BWB) aircraft, a design that integrates the fuselage and wings into a unified aerodynamic structure. This concept aims to enhance military and commercial aviation capabilities by improving fuel efficiency, extending range, and increasing payload capacity.

2023年8月16日 · Aerospace industry newcomer JetZero has won a contract to build a blended-wing-body (BWB) prototype aircraft for the US Air Force (USAF), with a goal of achieving first flight by 2027.