MIT-designed green plane reduces fuel by 70%

摘要

A green airplane' designed by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-led research team is likely to use 70 per cent less fuel than existing ones while slashing noise and emission of nitrogen oxides. The design was one of two that the team, led by faculty from the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro), presented to NASA last month as part of a $2.1 million research contract. MIT was the only university to lead one of the six US teams that won contracts from NASA in October 2008. Ed Greitzer, professor of aeronautics and astronautics was the principal investigator of the project.