The Federal Aviation Administration has selected JetZero to receive $5.3 million under Phase IV of its Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise program. The award will support instrumentation to measure airflow around the engines and nacelles of Jet1, JetZero’s full-scale blended-wing-body demonstrator. The company says the sensors will collect data at each engine inlet and fan exit during takeoff, climb, cruise and crosswind ground operations.
The research focuses on a defining feature of JetZero’s configuration: engines mounted above the airframe. In-flight and operational measurements…