Sentences with phrase «improve subsonic»

Four groups — based at MIT, Boeing, GE, and Northrup Grumman — tackled NASA's challenge to improve subsonic flight, in which the agency asked for aircraft designs that burn 70 percent less fuel and create less noise than existing planes.

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NASA Announces New Subsonic Aircraft Research Opportunities; Reduced Noise and Emissions, Improved Fuel Burn