NASA Turns Focus to Revolutionary Aircraft Concepts for Mid-Century Written 23 June 2026
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Advanced air mobility cargo delivery concept. | Credit: Kyle Jenkins, NASA
Aviation Week reports, “In 2010, U.S. industry completed a series of studies that set NASA’s aeronautics research agenda for the next two decades: hybrid wing bodies, truss-braced wings, hybrid-electric propulsion and high-rate composites. As industry prepares to select technologies for a next-generation single-aisle airliner to enter service in the mid-2030s, NASA has shifted its focus to the horizon to identify concepts and technologies for aircraft entering service in 2050 and beyond.”
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