Sean Broderick's aviation career started in 1991, working for Airbus in Toulouse. His industry experience includes four years with an aviation consultancy, where he worked on the successful launch of a U.S. Part 121 carrier; 12 years with an airport association as a magazine editor and communications executive; and more than 15 years of full- and part-time work as a journalist, writing about air transport and business aviation. &nbsp;
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Russia's United Aircraft Corp. (UAC, Chalet 361) is showing off the latest iteration of its M-60 concept aircraft (Hall 2a Stand B198), featuring a lifting body, unswept wing and engines mounted above a wide composite fuselage.


The design, a joint effort of the&nbsp;Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (tsAGI)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Myasishchev Design Bureau, offers myriad potential benefits over conventional configurations, according to UAC, including improved safety and aerodynamic performance. A notional small regional aircraft based on the concept could have about 50 seats and three aisles with a range of 3,000 miles, UAC said.


Elements of the concept have been tested for years as part of exploring non-traditional configurations, UAC noted. Future work, part of a broader effort to develop next-generation aircraft designs,&nbsp;will include more aerodynamic modeling and perhaps a working demonstrator. &nbsp; &nbsp;

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