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Bombardier Steps Up EcoJet Project to Cut Business Aircraft Emissions
Bombardier has partnered with the University of Victoria on the EcoJet project, which aims to reduce business jet emissions with blended-wing-body designs.
The Bombardier EcoJet engineering team is pictured with a subscale demonstrator
Bombardier's EcoJet research project aims to develop a blended-wing-body airframe that could cut emissions of a Global 6000-sized business jet by 50 percent. (Photo: Guillaume Plisson/Bombardier)

Bombardier has named the first research partners for its EcoJet project, which aims to reduce business jet emissions by 50 percent through aerodynamic blended-wing-body (BWB) designs. The Montreal-based manufacturer announced Wednesday that it has enlisted two Canadian partners—the University of Victoria’s Centre for Aerospace Research (CfAR) and Quaternion Aerospace—to collaborate on the EcoJet project.

Quaternion Aerospace is a research and development firm in British Columbia that specializes in the design and manufacture of energy-efficient aircraft. It provides consulting services for OEMs such as Bombardier.