Bombardier reports progress on sustainability-driven EcoJet program

Bombardier has released exclusive images of its EcoJet research project’s second test phase.  

This phase of the program is being conducted with an 18-foot-wide Blended Wing Body (BWB) demonstrator aircraft. The promising results build upon the program’s goal of reducing aircraft emissions by up to 50 per cent through a combination of aerodynamic, propulsion and other enhancements.  

The EcoJet program started 15 years ago and its achievements will guide Bombardier engineers to perfect their knowledge of the BWB design and apply it to more sustainable future business aircraft. 

“Our engineers are eager to start working with the results yielded by this second phase of the flight test program,” said Stephen McCullough, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Product Development. “Building on the significant data drawn from the initial flight-testing phase, and now leveraging a model twice as large as the first prototype, we can further refine our analysis. With each additional experimental stage, we are paving the way for more sustainable aircraft designs and new technologies.’’ 

Comprised of several free-flight campaigns on scaled test vehicles, the EcoJet flight testing program will extend over several years to generate increasingly precise data for future applications. 

Read more about Bombardier’s EcoJet program here.