Aurora Flight Sciences to evaluate NASA electric airliner design

NASA wants to get a second opinion from Aurora Flight Sciences on the system-level performance of a turboelectric-powered commercial aircraft concept for starting the next iteration of a multi-year design process. Continue reading: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aurora-flight-sciences-to-evaluate-nasa-electric-air-442471/

also in aviation week http://aviationweek.com/awindefense/aurora-review-nasa-s-starc-abl-turboelectric-airliner