It's been three years since American space agency NASA started a project called Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD), and we're finally beginning to get a sense of what this program is all ...

SEATTLE—At a hangar at Boeing Field, MagniX unveiled a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 that it plans to convert to a hybrid aircraft by replacing two of its four turboprop engines with electric powertrains ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Electric propulsion startup MagniX is teaming with flight test specialists AeroTEC and Canadian operator Air Tindi to convert a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 into a testbed for NASA’s ...

Electric motor manufacturer Magnix will later this year begin the conversion of a De Havilland Dash 7 to run on battery power as part of a NASA-backed project. Magnix intends to fly the converted ...