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autoevolution 28 Feb 2021, 16:37 UTC · by The new technology is called EAP – that’s short for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion, and it calls for an airplane’s propellers or fans to be driven by electric motors. It is one of NASA’s many aviation research projects currently underway, and it just entered a new stage. 1 photo Ever since electricity has become an important part of how cars operate on the road, companies and institutions have begun looking into how one could integrate s...

NASA Seeking Proposals To Develop Subsonic Aircraft That Reduces Cost, Aviation Emission WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - NASA is seeking proposals from U.S. companies for ground and flight demonstrations of integrated megawatt-class powertrain systems to design and develop subsonic aircraft that help reduce aviation emissions and invigorate the U.S. economy. The US space agency said it plans to build hybrid aircraft using integrated Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) technologies and associated EAP ...

(Photo : (Photo by Joe Raedle /Getty Images) (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)) A helicopter provides security for the NASA astronauts as they are driven in in their AstroVan to the space shuttle Discovery on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center as they prepare for lift off May 31, 2008 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Space Shuttle will be carrying the main unit of Japans Kibo science lab to the International Space Station. According to Yahoo Finances latest report, NASA wants to focus ...