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NASA's Hybrid-Electric De Havilland Dash 7 Aircraft Breaks Cover in Shiny Test Livery

It's been three years since American space agency NASA started a project called Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD), and we're finally beginning to get a sense of what this program is all ...
Yahoo

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting ...
Ainonline.com

MagniX and NASA Complete Electric Propulsion Ground Tests

Magni650 electric propulsion unit simulated flight at 30,000 feet on a testbed aircraft NASA’s ground-based Electric Aircraft Testbed simulated flight conditions at 30,000 feet with a maximum ...
The Aviationist

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight

X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, ...
Flightglobal

NASA and Magnix reveal Dash 7 to be retrofitted with electric propulsion

NASA and electric propulsion developer Magnix are moving forward with plans to advance cleaner regional aviation, revealing on 22 August a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 turboprop that will receive hybrid ...
UPI

NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...
GeekWire

MagniX shows off test airplane for NASA’s hybrid electric flight demonstration project

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Alan Boyle on Aug 22, 2024 at 7:22 pm August 26, 2024 at 5:27 pm ...
autoevolution

NASA's Funky Supersonic Test Aircraft Fires Its Top-Mounted Engine for the First Time

There will soon come a time when NASA will prove that supersonic aircraft flight is possible over populated areas without disturbing people and perhaps even shattering windows. Such a reality will be ...
The National Interest

NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Could Change Everything

What You Need to Know: NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on October 30. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk ...
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X-59 experimental aircraft fires up its engine for first time on its way to takeoff

NASA's Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic ...
Space.com

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

But a date has still yet to be set for the X-59's first flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is ...