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April 7, 2017

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Bloomberg (April 5) – Boeing Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp. are investing in a startup to develop an electric-powered aircraft with the potential to transform short-haul flights. “It’s a wonderful opportunity,” says Andrew Alleyne, the director of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems and a professor of mechanical science and engineering at Illinois. “But it comes with some serious technology challenges.”