NASA’s First All-Electric Airplane Is Ready for Liftoff
NASA’s first all-electric plane is nosing closer to completion after embarking on its next stage of rigorous testing.
The aircraft, dubbed X-57 Maxwell after physicist James Clerk Maxwell, was first delivered to the space agency in October 2019 and recently began high-voltage functional ground testing at the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif.
This marks a pivotal milestone for the project as it moves from the prototype phase towards first flight.
Source: NASA’s First All-Electric Airplane Is (Almost) Ready for Liftoff – Robb Report