Future & Research Aircraft
Research flight, design-stage airframes and unbuilt commercial concepts are identified by their actual maturity; claims remain proposed until tested.
Aircraft and technology profiles
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The AWWA Sky Whale is an independent 2013 designer concept and not an Aurora design. Four separate original Aurora research hypotheses appear after the manufacturer programs and must not be shown as tested aircraft.
NASA X-59
Low-boom supersonic research aircraft
Airbus ZEROe fuel-cell concept
Hydrogen fuel-cell electric aircraft architecture
JetZero Jet1 Demonstrator
Blended-wing-body research demonstrator
Boom Overture
Proposed four-engine supersonic passenger aircraft
JetZero Z4 Blended-Wing Airliner
Blended-wing cabin and lifting airframe
AWWA Sky Whale — Oscar Viñals
Three-deck giant airliner — design artwork only
Aurora SolidWing S1
Solid-state battery commuter tilt-wing
Aurora HydroLiner H2
Liquid-hydrogen fuel-cell regional aircraft
Aurora IonSwift X
Turboelectric high-speed executive aircraft
Aurora SkyFreighter VT
Hybrid-electric unmanned VTOL freighter