According to Space Daily, the two aviation organisations will work to develop, build and test a new type of aircraft that is supposed to have lower emissions compared to current-generation planes.
NASA officials promised to invest 425 million USD over the next seven years for the development of this project and the company along with its partners also said to finance the rest of the project, which is an estimated 725 million USD.
The agency will also contribute with technical knowledge and the necessary facilities.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that "it's our goal that NASA's partnership with Boeing to produce and test a full-scale demonstrator will help lead to future commercial airliners that are more fuel efficient, with benefits to the environment, the commercial aviation industry, and to passengers worldwide. If we are successful, we may see these technologies in planes that the public takes to the skies in the 2030s."
Experts say that single-aisle aircraft are some of the most used around the world by every airline company and thus, they make around half of the total emissions, which is why NASA wants testing to be done before the end of 2029.
This is required in order to have a new and improved generation of single-aisle aircraft sometime after 2030.
The Sustainable Flight Demonstrator could help the US become net-zero when it comes to its fleet of civil aircraft before mid-century.
Todd Citron, Boeing's Chief Technology Officer, said that "we're honored to continue our partnership with NASA and to demonstrate technology that significantly improves aerodynamic efficiency resulting in substantially lower fuel burn and emissions."
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