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NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT)
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2026
20 July

ReleaseGE Aerospace partners with NASA, BETA Technologies, and Boeing on world's first high-altitude hybrid electric flight

3 June The megawatt-class system combines electric propulsion components with a CT7 gas turbine engine.

GE completes hybrid-electric powertrain test ahead of flight trials

NASA-backed testing has validated a complete megawatt-class propulsion system after more than a decade of technology development.

2024
26 November

ReleasemagniX achieves historic milestone in completing NASA test campaign

28 August The de Havilland Dash 7 ready to be retrofitted with magniX electric powertrains.

magniX launches next phase in NASA program to electrify aviation

In the next phase of EPFD, one of the aircraft’s four turbine engines will be replaced with a magniX electric powertrain, with test flights planned for 2026. The following stage will see a second engine substituted.

26 April

ReleasemagniX achieves milestone in NASA electrified powertrain flight demonstration program