Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) Project - NASA
6 days ago · NASA Aeronautics is engaging with industry, academia, and other agencies through our Sustainable Flight National Partnership (SFNP) to accomplish the aviation community’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
About Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Project - NASA
Jan 18, 2023 · Develop and flight test an advanced airframe configuration and related technologies to dramatically reduce aircraft fuel burn and carbon dioxide emissions. Obtain ground and flight data that will be used by the NASA/industry teams to validate the benefits of the new technologies.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) Project as part of the Integrated Aviation System Program in the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD).
Boeing Awarded NASA Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Contract
Jan 18, 2023 · NASA's funding through the SFD Space Act Agreement totals $425 million. The SFD program will also leverage up to $725 million in funding by Boeing and its industry partners to shape the demonstrator program and meet the resource needs required.
Boeing Selected for NASA Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Award
Jan 18, 2023 · NASA's funding through the SFD Space Act Agreement totals $425 million. The SFD program will also leverage up to $725 million in funding by Boeing and its industry partners to shape the demonstrator program and meet the resource needs required.
Boeing will modify MD-90 aircraft the SFD Demonstrator aircraft. Existing wings, aft engines, and fuselage sections will be removed. SFD modification includes addition of Transonic Truss-Braced Wing and subsystems, modern geared turbo-fan engines, and instrumentation.
Why invest in Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD)? • For decades Government, Industry, and Universities have been working advanced commercial aircraft concepts • To date, these configuration have not made it to market • NASA launched the SFD project to: • Partner with industry to retire as many technical & manufacturing risks as possible
NASA Launches A New Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Program
Jun 30, 2022 · The agency's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project aims to reduce carbon emissions and ensure US competitiveness in a high-demand area of aircraft design – single-aisle commercial airliners.
Boeing’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator with NASA is now the X …
Jun 12, 2023 · But the upcoming NASA X-Plane, now officially dubbed the X-66A by the U.S. Air Force, is no ordinary effort at no ordinary time. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in April declared the SFD a precursor to replacing the 737 Max, which right now …
Wind Over Its Wing: NASA’s X-66 Model Tests Airflow - NASA
Feb 5, 2025 · NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research team to generate high-quality data about the aerodynamic forces that would affect the actual X-66.