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NASA, MagniX Unveil Electric Power Flight Demonstrator
Air Tindi's old Dash 7 is ready for its electric engine retrofit
NASA's Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration aircraft
The Dash 7 turboprop that MagniX is retrofitting for NASA's Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project is pictured next to an example of the company's Samson batteries.

NASA and MagniX unveiled the de Havilland Canada (DHC) Dash 7 aircraft that they’re preparing to retrofit with a hybrid-electric propulsion system as part of the agency’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) program.

“The Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project, in partnership with NASA, is a significant program to make electric flight a reality,” MagniX CEO Reed Macdonald said during the aircraft’s unveiling, which took place August 22 at King County International Airport (also known as Boeing Field) in Seattle.

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