NASA and Boeing to Produce New Airplane Models

NASA has signed a partnership agreement with Boeing to develop environmentally friendly technologies for commercial flights.

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Joint Project from NASA and Boeing

According to NASA, both companies will work together on the sustainable flight project. Its goal is to build, test and put into operation a narrow-body aircraft that will reduce carbon emissions by the end of the decade. According to the plan, the first test flight of the new experimental Boeing aircraft, called the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, will take place around 2028. In the long run, narrow-body commercial aircraft will serve about 50 percent of the market. It will fly over short and medium distances.

The feature of the Transonic Scissor Break Wing concept in elongated thin wings; It stabilizes the wings with cross pillars that connect the wings to the fuselage. The experimental design creates less resistance, which means it burns less fuel. NASA and Boeing representatives believe the new design will reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 30 percent. Engineers are working to improve narrow-body aircraft to reduce emissions. According to NASA, such models account for about half of worldwide aviation emissions.