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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., Cessna Aircraft Company-Cessna Citation, Wichita, Kan., The MIT team is moving forward with work on its “double bubble” airplane design. Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research, or SUGAR, $8.8 million, three years. million, three years. million, 27 months.

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