NASA and Boeing join forces to create next-generation aircraft: '[It] will help shape the future of aviation'
“At NASA, our eyes are not just focused on stars but also fixated on the sky."
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“At NASA, our eyes are not just focused on stars but also fixated on the sky."
Snazzy new liveries have been revealed for two of NASA’s hottest aircraft projects. These upcoming planes want to be the next generation of sustainable flight – and also to look good when doing it.
Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which aims to put Boeing’s innovative X-66 braced-wing aircraft design through flight tests in the 2028-2029 time frame. The X-66A makes use of a concept known as the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, or TTBW, which features ultra-long, ultra-thin, drag-reducing wings that are stabilized by diagonal struts. The demonstrator aircraft will also incorpo
Striatus is the first of its kind: an arched masonry footbridge composed of 53 3D-printed hollow concrete blocks assembled without mortar or
The category has been introduced this year to reward an innovation that has transformed an aspect of a practice’s work. This can be either a technological