The FAA says the issue could affect both A220-100s and A220-300s. The cracks threaten the “integrity” of the wing-to-body fairing and could lead to “parts departing the airline, ...

It adds that the delivered wing-body fairing will soon be installed on aircraft 101. Comac is working on rolling out the first C919 flight test aircraft by end-2015, and to fly the aircraft next year.

Aero Design Labs’s ADRS-1 kit includes revised fairings and vortex generators to save $12,000 in fuel and >40 tons of CO2 per aircraft per month. ... The ADRS-1 kit consists of a revised wing-to-body ...

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 ...

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 ...

Their results suggest that the pterosaur possessed a wing root fairing, a feature that smooths the airflow around the wing-body junction and reduces drag, as in the wing root fairings of most ...

The Pentagon has awarded a contract for development a Blended Wing Body aircraft prototype. The design promises more fuel efficiency, larger payloads, and the ability to use shorter runways.

The concept of a "blended wing body" design has been around since the 1940s and led to the U.S. B-2 bomber, as well as the X-48 research project between Boeing and NASA a decade ago.

So, to streamline that journey, JetZero—the first commercial blended-wing body (BWB) aircraft—is teaming with Delta as a potential buyer to troubleshoot operation and design issues from the ...