Aviation startup Natilus presented the first images and details of the Horizon blended wing body aircraft, can seat up to 196 ...

The 200-passenger flagship model is set to compete with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A321 NEO in the narrowbody market ...

Natilus unveils innovative designs for its aircraft, a diamond-shaped cargo bay for the Kona freighter and a state-of-the-art ...

Natilus unveils Horizon BWB aircraft, promising 50% lower emissions and 30% less fuel consumption on transatlantic flights. The Blended Wing Body (BWB) design has been around since the 1920s but ...

As the interiors of the blended-wing Natilus Horizon are revealed, we consider how the design could mount a challenge to traditional jets ...

The SR-71 with its blended wing body design. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Haggerty, US Air Force, 1988) Ask someone to picture an airplane and they’re likely to think of what is essentially a ...

Future of flying: New fuel-sipping jet promises quieter, greener skies. The blended wing body craft reduces drag and weight, resulting in fuel efficiency improvements of up to 50% compared to ...

JetZero, for example, said Pathfinder could fit into existing Airbus A330 gates, while Natilus said Horizon could fit into narrow-body ones. Small blended-wing demonstrators exist — but no full ...

Elizabeth MacLean from Georgia’s Department of Economic Development explains why Georgia is emerging as an aerospace hub for ...

Blended-wing aircraft aren't completely new. The U.S. Air Force has used the concept in some planes for years. According to the Air Force, blending the body and wings can reduce drag by up to 30%.

The blended-wing-body design of the planned JetZero plane is expected to make it "up to 50% more fuel efficient than conventional tube-and-wing airframes on the market," the carrier said.

A little more than two years after JetZero revealed ambitious plans to challenge the Airbus-Boeing air transport duopoly by developing a blended wing body (BWB) airliner, the California company ...