The Aviationist

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight

X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, ...
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NASA's Funky Supersonic Test Aircraft Fires Its Top-Mounted Engine for the First Time

There will soon come a time when NASA will prove that supersonic aircraft flight is possible over populated areas without disturbing people and perhaps even shattering windows. Such a reality will be ...
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NASA’s New Hybrid-Electric Jet Engine Just Proved It Can Power an Airliner

Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...
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MagniX and NASA Complete Electric Propulsion Ground Tests

Magni650 electric propulsion unit simulated flight at 30,000 feet on a testbed aircraft NASA’s ground-based Electric Aircraft Testbed simulated flight conditions at 30,000 feet with a maximum ...
Electronic Design

An Introduction to Hybrid-Electric Aircraft (Part 3)

The first commuter aircraft, powered by super-efficient hybrid-electric propulsion systems, could be taking their first paying passengers sometime in 2027. Part 3 provides an engineer’s-eye ...