NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental ...

There’s no going back to the Concorde glory days

Until Nasa and Lockheed Martin claimed their experimental X-59 may lead to a son of Concorde, the notion of commercial ...

‘Son of Concorde’ jet that could fly from UK to NYC in 4hrs hits milestone with supersonic flight without sonic boom

NASA’S “Son of Concorde” jet that could fly from the UK to New York in four hours has smashed through the sound barrier ...

NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Just Broke the Sound Barrier Twice on Test Flights

NASA’s X-59 is quietly reaching significant milestones. The X-59 went supersonic for the first time on June 5, reaching a top ...
Flying

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Nears First Flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) aircraft is nearing its maiden flight, currently undergoing medium- and high-speed taxi tests after completing low-speed ones. The ...
CNN

Supersonic QSTA airplane design revealed by Lockheed Martin

Supersonic sights: NASA's work to develop the X-59 QueSST aircraft alongside Lockheed Martin recently resulted in these amazing images that reveal the shape of sonic shockwaves.
Flightglobal

NASA and Lockheed Martin achieve first flight of X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...
Digital Trends

Lockheed Martin’s X-59 completes first supersonic flight minus the sonic boom

What Happened: You know that earsplitting, window-rattling BOOM that planes make when they break the sound barrier? The one that got them banned from flying over land? Well, it might be a thing of the ...
Engadget

NASA's supersonic jet completes its first flight in California

Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first flight in California, according to a press release spotted by Gizmodo. The X-59 ...

NASA's X-59 Quesst Aircraft Moves Closer to Supersonic Flight Testing

NASA's X-59 experimental jet is accelerating its test schedule as engineers prepare the quiet supersonic demonstrator for its ...
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Supersonic passenger aircraft era returns by 2030

On the afternoon of June 5 at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the ‘X-59’ aircraft, which took off by thrusting into the ...
NBC New York

Lockheed Martin Starts Production of Its Experimental Supersonic Plane

Lockheed Martin's experimental supersonic plane has officially entered production, the defense giant announced Friday. Earlier this year, NASA awarded Lockheed a contract worth nearly $250 million to ...