FAA To Test Batteries

The FAA's fire safety branch is ordering 45,800 lithium-chemistry batteries for “large-scale” fire tests in a Boeing 727 testbed at its William J. Hughes Technical Center this fall. According to a request for quote issued on Aug. 13, the batteries are to be used as part of ongoing research “in...

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