NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed is an inspiration for the idea to create a cryogenic test facility. Credit: NASA Building on the success of NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed, the agency’s Glenn ...
Stuck in traffic on your way to work? Georgia Tech researchers say the answer to gridlock may one day come from the skies. Inside a brand-new prototyping lab, students are working with NASA to convert ...
In this What's New in Aerospace program, NASA’s Nicholas Borer talks about the X-57 “Maxwell,” an all-electric experimental aircraft. Today, electrically-powered aircraft are starting to take flight, ...
GE Aerospace recently started test running the Passport-turbofan-based hybrid-electric propulsion system it developed under NASA’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) programme, one of several ...
University of Illinois’ Hy2PASS hydrogen engine concept combines a fuel cell and gas turbine via electric compressors. Credit: University of Illinois The feasibility of a novel aircraft propulsion ...
Electric aircraft propulsion specialist Wright Electric is preparing to begin ground testing with the M2500 electric engine it is developing to power commercial aircraft, having completed construction ...