[Freeport]

Passenger loading and unloading, an oblate pressure vessel, redesign of airport load ramps, baggage loading and unloading, no windows... Just a few of the very real issues.

Boeing's been trying for over a decade to figure out how to get such a craft into existing airports and address the survivability of a non-round, light, pressure vessel. No small feat.

They seem to be about to do a freighter. Seems like a prudent step to work out many issues. If they do this, look for a launch in 5 - 7 years.

[narby]

There’s a very real chance that there could be a BWB military tanker. It would be limited to just tanker roles, but it would be a very good tanker.

[Centurion2000]

Passenger loading and unloading, an oblate pressure vessel, redesign of airport load ramps, baggage loading and unloading, no windows

The no windows design issue could be solved with putting a screen in the back of each chair and giving choices of a small camera (front, back, top side, bottom side) for the view. I would love to be able to look out the front of the airline while it's flying.

[tanuki]

Thanks for the info. I didn’t know about the negatives to this design. Glad to see Boeing is on it, though. Definitely, military and cargo designs first would be the best option.