Boeing X-66 - Wikipedia
The Boeing X-66 is an experimental airliner under development by Boeing. It is part of the X-plane series, and is being developed in collaboration with NASA and its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator program.
New Look at NASA Boeing Sustainable Experimental Airliner
Mar 7, 2024 · Under the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, Boeing will work with NASA to build, test, and fly the full-scale X-66 demonstrator aircraft. The project seeks to inform a new generation of more sustainable single-aisle aircraft – the workhorse of …
NASA, Boeing Release New Image of Experimental X-66
Mar 7, 2024 · Boeing has released a new rendering of the X-66, an experimental aircraft it is building through NASA's sustainable flight demonstrator project.
NASA, US Air Force unveil new X-plane — the X-66A - Space.com
Jun 13, 2023 · NASA and Boeing's experimental and sustainable single-aisle aircraft design has been granted X-plane status and the designation X-66A.
Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X …
Jun 12, 2023 · The X-66A is the X-plane specifically aimed at helping the United States achieve the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To build the X-66A, Boeing will work with NASA to modify an MD-90 aircraft, shortening the fuselage and replacing its wings and engines.
NASA Boeing Provide a Peek at What the X-66A Will Look Like
Jul 25, 2023 · Boeing will work with NASA to build, test, and fly the X-66A, a full-scale demonstrator aircraft. The X-66A with extra-long, thin wings stabilized by diagonal struts, known as a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing concept.
X-66: A Look At NASA & Boeing's Sustainable Flight …
Mar 16, 2024 · Boeing and NASA's X-66A aircraft aims to revolutionize aviation sustainability reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The aircraft features Transonic Truss-Braced Wings and Pratt & Whitney GTF engines to increase efficiency and reduce emissions.
NASA's X-66A transonic plane doesn't have a perfect wing, but it …
Jun 19, 2023 · Meet the X-66A, NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane, featuring transonic truss-braced wings and designed to explore net-zero aviation...
Boeing begins transforming MD-90 into NASA’s X-66A …
Jan 8, 2024 · Boeing has started dismantling and scanning an old MD-90 as part of a multi-year NASA-supported project to transform the former passenger jet into the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator.
USAF Designates NASA Demo X-Plane X-66A - Aviation Week
Jun 12, 2023 · SAN DIEGO—NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD), a full-scale transonic truss braced wing (TTBW) design in development by Boeing for flight tests later this decade, has been designated the...