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Aviation division / Future & Research Aircraft
Category 06 · 10 curated aircraft and concept studies

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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FOUR ORIGINAL AURORA CONCEPTS FOLLOW THE REAL PROGRAMS AND INDEPENDENT STUDIES

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.

Illustrative geometry study; technical profile contains source-backed configuration notes
Flight test: supersonic achieved 2026

NASA X-59

United States · NASA / Lockheed Martin

Low-boom supersonic research aircraft

First supersonic: June 5, 2026Technical profile ↗
Source-checked profile
Airbus ZEROe fuel-cell concept — detailed independent CGI aircraft rendering; illustrative geometry
Research concept / no certified model

Airbus ZEROe fuel-cell concept

Multinational Europe · Airbus

Hydrogen fuel-cell electric aircraft architecture

Propellers: 4 plannedTechnical profile ↗
JetZero Jet1 Demonstrator — detailed independent CGI aircraft rendering; illustrative geometry
Full-scale demonstrator in build

JetZero Jet1 Demonstrator

United States · JetZero / Scaled Composites

Blended-wing-body research demonstrator

Architecture: Blended-wing-bodyTechnical profile ↗
Boom Overture — detailed independent CGI aircraft rendering; illustrative geometry
Proposed airliner; development

Boom Overture

United States · Boom Supersonic

Proposed four-engine supersonic passenger aircraft

Passengers: 65–80 targetTechnical profile ↗
JetZero Z4 Blended-Wing Airliner — detailed independent CGI aircraft rendering; illustrative geometry
Airliner design/manufacturing development; not certified or in service

JetZero Z4 Blended-Wing Airliner

United States · JetZero

Blended-wing cabin and lifting airframe

250 passenger design · 5,000 nmi targetTechnical profile ↗
Manufacturer-linked program
AWWA Sky Whale — Oscar Viñals — detailed independent CGI aircraft rendering; illustrative geometry
Independent 2013 design study; never built, flight-tested or certified

AWWA Sky Whale — Oscar Viñals

Spain (designer) · Oscar Viñals — independent concept artist/designer

Three-deck giant airliner — design artwork only

755 passenger concept · unbuiltTechnical profile ↗
Independent concept / unbuilt
Aurora SolidWing S1 — detailed independent CGI aircraft rendering; illustrative geometry
AURORA · UNBUILT PROPOSAL

Aurora SolidWing S1

Solid-state battery commuter tilt-wing

DESIGN TARGETS ONLYView ↗
Aurora HydroLiner H2; conceptual Aurora aircraft
AURORA · UNBUILT PROPOSAL

Aurora HydroLiner H2

Liquid-hydrogen fuel-cell regional aircraft

DESIGN TARGETS ONLYView ↗
Aurora IonSwift X; conceptual Aurora aircraft
AURORA · UNBUILT PROPOSAL

Aurora IonSwift X

Turboelectric high-speed executive aircraft

DESIGN TARGETS ONLYView ↗
Aurora SkyFreighter VT; conceptual Aurora aircraft
AURORA · UNBUILT PROPOSAL

Aurora SkyFreighter VT

Hybrid-electric unmanned VTOL freighter

DESIGN TARGETS ONLYView ↗
Engineering data policy. Figures apply to the model and variant named on the card. Operational status, development status and certification are kept separate. Isometric images are explanatory illustrations and require geometry validation before being described as manufacturer-accurate.