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Based in San Diego.
Nautilus is an aerospace start up developing a
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portfolio of efficient blended wing body
aircraft that could transport passengers and
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cargo more sustainably.
According to the company,
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compared to traditional tube and wing aircraft
we use today,
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these designs could reduce fuel consumption by
30% while increasing payload capability by
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40%.
Nautilus recently unveiled Horizon.
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The company’s first passenger aircraft that
could come compete with the popular Boeing 737
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and Airbus 320 narrow body aircraft.
Horizon is in the same payload class with the
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ability to transport 200 passengers with cargo
along intercontinental and transatlantic routes.
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According to the company, Horizon’s blended
wing body aircraft improves aerodynamic
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efficiency and boosts interior volume.
The company expects to begin deliveries in the
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early 20 thirties which Nautilus believes to be
in line with commercial carrier fleet purchases
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decisions to meet the airline industry’s 2050
net zero goals.
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The aircraft’s larger volume stands to improve
the flight experience offering customizable
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cabin and seating layouts for these 200
passengers or at least a few different options
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as to how the sardines are going to be laid
into the can.
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Horizon also stands to be much quieter than
modern aircraft and compatible with existing
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airport infrastructure.
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The horizon is actually Nautilus’s second
product.
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The company also unveiled Kona a blended wing
body regional aircraft that remains on pace to
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start deliveries in the late 20 twenties.
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The increased body volume also makes these
aircraft a potential fit for hydrogen electric
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propulsion back in May.
Nautilus partnered with X Avia to put hydrogen
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electric engines in Kona cargo aircraft zero,
Avia Z A 600 will be the only hydrogen electric
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propulsion source used in the novel Kona short
haul feeder U A BS.
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The blended wing body actually provides more
room for hydrogen fuel storage.
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Nautilus was founded in 2016 with a pedigree
that includes talent pulled from general
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Atomics, Northrop Grumman Skunkworks and SpaceX,
but the company isn’t the only blended wing
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body game in town in May Boeing subsidiary
Aurora Flight Sciences finished the conceptual
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design review process on a Vox plane concept
that has a similar design.
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Airbus unveiled its Maverick blended wing
demonstrator back in 2020 just last year,
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the US Air Force invested some $235 million in
jet zero.
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Another start up working on blended wing body
aircraft that could be used as military tankers
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and cargo planes.
I’m David Manti.
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This is manufacturing now.