Bombardier’s EcoJet Phase 2 technology demonstrator has now flown 10 times and is generating large amounts of data as part of efforts to develop technologies that could reduce emissions of a Global 6000-sized business jet by 50 percent. The blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft—which has roughly 16 percent of the wing span of a Global 6000—is flying from an undisclosed North American location.
The 18-foot-wingspan air vehicle was revealed at the EBACE business aviation show in May, having made its first flight in late 2022. It is the latest test vehicle of a research program that began 15 years ago and initially resulted in an eight-foot-wingspan air vehicle that represented a notional 7 percent scale model of a potential BWB business jet configuration.
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