NASA Awards Contracts To Develop Sustainable Concepts For 2050 Airliners

Electra will apply its distributed hybrid-electric propulsion architecture to a 200-seat commercial aircraft concept.

Credit: Electra.aero
Hybrid-electric distributed propulsion, new energy sources and aircraft configurations are among topics to be studied under a program launched by NASA to define concepts and technologies for commercial aircraft that could enter service by 2050. The contracts awarded to four companies and a...
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