China Flies Subscale Blended Wing Body Airliner Concept

Graham Warwick February 03, 2023
BWB-300

The BWB-300 has a deep, cambered lifting fuselage.

Credit: Northwestern Polytechnical University
China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University has flown a subscale model of a 300-330-seat blended wing body (BWB) airliner concept, the BWB-300, designed in collaboration with commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac. The 10.3%-scale model was flown autonomously from the UAV flight-test center at...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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