PALMDALE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA Aeronautics, started X-59 engine run testing, marking the aircraft's final major ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft continues to make progress toward its first flight with a new successful round of testing. The X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet was designed to break the sound barrier ...

The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft may ...

PALMDALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (LMT) Skunk Works ® (NYSE: LMT) rolled out the X-59, a unique experimental aircraft designed to quiet the sonic boom, at a ceremony in ...

The experimental X-59 features a thin nose that spans about one-third of its nearly 100-foot length, designed to break up shock waves. [Courtesy: NASA/Carla Thomas] For the first time, NASA’s quiet ...

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has taken another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the X-59's planned first ...

If everything goes according to plan, NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program will produce its first results as soon as this year, as the demonstrator plane built for it, the X-59, will ...

"This test confirmed that all components — software, mechanical linkages, and control laws — work together as intended." NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet is a step closer to flight after passing an ...

The X-59 may look odd with its nose taking up a third of its length and a television screen instead of a front window, but it has a very serious purpose. It was built under contract by Lockheed Martin ...

Collier Aerospace, developer of the HyperX® computer-aided engineering (CAE) solution, announced that its design and analysis software was chosen by Swift Engineering for structural sizing, analysis ...

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect public feedback on the “sonic thump.” Still, in some quarters, the dream lives ...

For the first time, NASA's quiet supersonic X-59 is moving under its own power. The experimental aircraft has begun a series of low-speed taxi tests at contractor Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works ...