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X-59: How Lockheed Martin Is Ushering In A New Era In Supersonic Flight

The aviation world has entered a remarkable new chapter with the successful first flight of the Lockheed Martin X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed in partnership with NASA. On October ...
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NASA’s X-59 completes its 2nd flight as quiet-supersonic tests ramp up

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft completed its second test flight on March 20, 2026, lifting off from the dry lakebed near Edwards, California, before a cockpit warning forced the jet back to the ...
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How NASA Is Using F-15s to Unlock Supersonic Flight

NASA is employing the experimental X-59 aircraft, designed to reduce sonic booms to quieter "sonic thumps," as the centerpiece of its QUESST program to potentially lift the 53-year ban on supersonic ...
Ars Technica

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 aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...
The National Interest

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...
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NASA X-59 Supersonic Flight Imminent as Congress Moves to Lift 53-Year Ban

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above mountains near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. NASA continues expanding the ...