NASA will invest $425 million to help Boeing develop a demonstrator aircraft for its Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design, which the space agency hopes will improve the fuel efficiency of commercial ...

American aerospace Boeing decided to put on hold the creation of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing demonstrator and focus on another idea instead.

With a US$425-million cash injection from NASA, Boeing will build and test a full-sized airliner based on its transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) concept, using long, thin, strut-braced wings to ...

Boeing is pumping the brakes on its experimental X-66 flight demonstrator. The aircraft—being developed with a transonic truss-braced wing—is on “pause for later consideration” after ...

NASA and Boeing would also continue to collaborate on research into the transonic truss-braced wing concept.” NASA, Boeing pause X-66 to chase breakthrough ultra-thin wing aircraft design ...

Tests on the Boeing-built X-66 semi-span model were completed at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley in its 11-Foot Transonic Unitary Plan Facility. The model underwent ...

NASA picks Boeing’s Transonic Truss-Based Wing for Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project With the help of NASA, Boeing will build, test and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft starting in 2028, ...

An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design in flight. (Boeing Illustration) NASA says it’ll give Boeing $425 million over the next seven years for the ...

More precisely NASA and its partner in crime, Boeing, are betting on something called a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) to help bring down emissions.

NASA is working with Boeing on a new fuel-efficient airplane design to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change.

Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.