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Bjorn’s Corner: Blended Wing Body Airliners. Part 2
March 20, 2026, ©. Leeham News: We have started a series of articles on the Blended Wing Body (BWB) as a potentially more efficient design for passenger-carrying airliners than the classical Tube And Wing (TAW) configuration. In the… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The Blended Wing Body, BWB, Airliner. Part 1.
March 13, 2026, ©. Leeham News: The flying wing has been researched for almost 100 years. During the Second World War, the Horten Brothers developed as flying wing military aircraft in Germany with mixed success. The Northrop company then… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 26. AI speeds up processes.
February 6, 2026, ©. Leeham News: We have completed a detailed, step-by-step analysis of the certification requirements a Part 25 Air Transport airliner in the 200-seat segment must meet. In our series, we have seen work that could… Read More
The airliners of tomorrow: understanding the opportunities
By Charlotte Bailey Dec. 2, 2025, © Leeham News: As aerospace companies, investors, and industry analysts gather in Amsterdam for the second iteration of the annual Future Aero Festival, the attributes and advantages offered by clean-sheet aircraft concepts… Read More