afrc2021-0047-19.jpg NASA’s X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft after completing high-voltage ground testing at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edward, California, in 2021. Credits: NASA/Lauren Hughes

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 matthew.r.kamlet@nasa.gov.

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.  

-end-

Press Contacts

Rob Margetta
Headquarters, Washington
202-763-5012
robert.j.margetta@nasa.gov

Sarah Mann
NASA Armstrong
661-233-3758
Sarah.mann@nasa.gov

NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail to hqnews-join@newsletters.nasa.gov (no subject or text in the body is required).

To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message to hqnews-leave@newsletters.nasa.gov (no subject or text in the body is required).