May 3, 2024 · A joint effort between ASAB and other NASA branches, the STARC-ABL is a 150-passenger class commercial transport with a traditional “tube-and-wing” shape. The plane …

Apr 13, 2025 · The Single-Aisle Turboelectric Aircraft with Aft Boundary Layer Propulsion (STARC-ABL) is a partially turboelectric aircraft concept developed to optimize vehicle …

The Single-aisle Turboelectric Aircraft with an Aft Boundary-Layer propulsor or "STARC-ABL" is an aircraft design developed by NASA in 2017. The design places the engine in the back of …

STARC-ABL Rev. B* Concept Description • STARC-ABL: Single-aisle Turboelectric AiRCraft with Aft Boundary Layer propulsion – Conventional single aisle tube-and-wing configuration – Twin …

STARC-ABL is a single-aisle tube and wing commercial transport concept similar in appearance to a modern Boeing 737. The main difference is that it has a ducted, electrically driven, …

Nov 16, 2022 · NASA STARC-ABL: fuel burn reduction, same range, speed, airport infrastructure. Same turbine/airframe technology, Advanced 2-3MW power system, BLI, turbogenerator …

Overview of the NASA STARC-ABL (Rev. B) Advanced Concept No abstract available. Document ID. 20170005612 . Acquisition Source. Langley Research Center . Document Type. …

Nov 7, 2017 · Some of the key propulsion system advances the NASA Glenn team is pursuing converge in an aircraft concept study called STARC-ABL (single-aisle turboelectric aircraft with …

megawatt tail-cone thruster Single-Aisle Turbo-electric Aft-Boundary Layer (STARC-ABL) concept (Welstead, 2016). STARC-ABL is a lightly distributed architecture, which pulls power off of the …

This concept, known as the single-aisle turbo-electric aircraft with an aft boundary-layer propulsor, or STARC-ABL, looks similar to the proven tube-and-wing aircraft you see every day.