Science, Space

NASA Hybrid Electric Research Plane Gets X Number, New Name

artist's concept of NASA's X-57 Maxwell aircraft

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016.  With 14 electric motors turning propellers and all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing, NASA will test new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane now designated the X-57 and nicknamed “Maxwell.”

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden highlighted the agency’s first X-plane designation in a decade during his keynote speech Friday in Washington at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) annual Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, commonly called Aviation…

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