Alaska Air Backs JetZero Blended-Wing Design - AVweb

A couple million is nothing in terms of development and certification of a new large airliner design. Think billions.
Heck, the new GE9X engine (as well as the GEnx of last decade) both exceeded two billion in development costs prior to getting a TC. And that’s just the engine. The airframe must be certified, and then the combination of the two must be validated.