X-59 Supersonic Test Jet Rolled Out At Skunk Works
A high-profile ceremony saw the completed X-59 formally unveiled at Palmdale, with a first flight now due before the end of ...
Avenging the Concorde: Inside NASA’s Quest to Break the Sound Barrier and Hush the Sonic Boom
If NASA’s bet on its newest X-plane pays off, the long-nosed aircraft could revolutionize commercial aviation. That is, if ...
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X-59: NASA jet hits silent supersonic milestone with first full afterburner test
NASA achieves a major milestone with the successful completion of the X-59 engine burn test, in preparation for test flights ...
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NASA's X-59, a quiet revolution in aviation's new era of supersonic flights
NASA is poised to pioneer a breakthrough in aviation that will revolutionize the world. The key to this advancement is the ...
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Collier Aerospace HyperX optimizes X-59 composite nose cone
Swift Engineering relied on the CAE software’s capabilities to deliver flight hardware for NASA’s supersonic aircraft early ...
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NASA Fires Up Supersonic Experimental Aircraft with Full Afterburner
The experimental aircraft is called X-59, and earlier in December it reached an important milestone in its development. About ...
How Did NASA Improve The F-15's Life Support Systems For Flight Testing of the Supersonic X-59?
Life Support System for use on NASA's supersonic F-15 chase/test platform in preparation for the future X-59 Program.
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Nasa’s own ‘son of Concorde’ jet reveals game-changing upgrade to eliminate loud supersonic booms
The X-59 Quesst, Nasa's supersonic aircraft, has already been designed with a long and narrow build for a quieter "sonic thump". The US space agency is set to test the shock-sensing probe on an F ...