NASA is working on a new, more fuel-efficient aircraft design with Boeing

An artist’s concept of the new transonic truss-braced wing configuration from NASA and Boeing. | Image: Boeing

NASA today announced it will be working with Boeing on a new type of fuel-efficient single-aisle aircraft for commercial use, with the aim to cut fuel emissions and reduce the climate impact of flying.

“Most of you all think of NASA as a space agency and as an aviation agency. It’s also a climate agency,” said NASA administrator Bill Nelson in a press conference. NASA both monitors the Earth from space — using tools like satellites to monitor global weather conditions and water systems — and develops technologies to reduce carbon emissions.

But NASA also develops aircraft, such as its X-57 Maxwell electrical aircraft and its Super Guppy transport airplane. This includes developing aeronautical technologies that eventually make their way...

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