Aircraft
Bombardier Sees Blended-wing Future for Business Jets
Bombardier's research and technology teams have been flight testing a scale-model of a blended wing airframe that could be part of a green Eco Jet design.
Bombardier's Eco Jet concept for a future business aircraft design is based on a blended wing airframe. (Photo: David McIntosh)
Bombardier's Eco Jet concept for a future business aircraft design is based on a blended wing airframe. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Bombardier is offering a glimpse at what it thinks could be the future of business jets: a blended-wing body design that forms a key part of its new Eco Jet sustainability initiative. Yesterday at EBACE 2022, the Canadian airframer revealed a small-scale model it has been using for extensive flight and wind-tunnel testing as it seeks to refine the technology it views as integral to its long-term product strategy.

In the shorter-term, the company (Booth Z117, Static AD_15) is also employing this model as a testbed for improvements that could be introduced more incrementally to existing aircraft.