NASA Distributed-Propulsion Tests Show Promise

Credit: NASA Concept
NASA has begun high-speed testing of distributed electric propulsion by driving a truck-mounted wing with 18 propellers along a dry-lakebed runway at speeds exceeding 80 mph at Edwards AFB, California. The novel Hybrid-Electric Integrated Systems Testbed (Heist) has been developed by NASA Armstrong...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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