NASA's all-electric X-57 Maxwell continues to undergo high-voltage ground testing with successful spinning of the propellers under electric power at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The principal goals of the X-57 Project are to share the X-57 design and airworthiness process with regulators and standards organizations; and to establish the X-57 as a reference platform for integrated approaches of distributed electric propulsion technologies.

NASA to Host X-57 Maxwell Project Update

By India Education Diary Bureau Admin On Jun 23, 2023

NASA will hold a media teleconference to discuss its X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft project at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 23.

Audio of the call will stream live on the agency’s website.

The goal of the X-57 project is to share the knowledge NASA has gained through development of the aircraft’s electric propulsion-focused design and airworthiness process with regulators. This information will advance certification approaches for electric propulsion in emerging electric aircraft markets.

Scheduled participants in the call will include:

Bradley C. Flick, director, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California
Kate McMurtry, deputy director for the Integrated Aviation Systems Program, NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Vincent Schultz, X-57 deputy project manager, NASA Armstrong
Sean Clarke, X-57 principal investigator, NASA Armstrong

Media interested in participating in the teleconference should RSVP by emailing [email protected].

NASA’s goal of developing knowledge through the X-57 project is part of the agency’s commitment to supporting the U.S. climate goal of achieving net-zero aviation greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.