NASA Armstrong took delivery of the agency’s X-57 all-electric experimental aircraft, aiming for a 500 percent increase in high-speed cruise efficiency.
Gound testing of the X-57, NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, will soon start at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. It has recently completed load testing on a new, high-aspect-ratio wing for the X-57, which will be mated to the aircraft in the coming months. The X-57 project will help develop certification standards for emerging electric aircraft markets, as well as aim for an aircraft with a 500 percent increase in high-speed cruise efficiency, zero in-flight carbon emissions, and a lower noise footprint. (Photo: NASA)
