美国太空总局与洛克希德马丁旗下臭鼬工厂合作开发的“静音”超音速飞机X-59原型机,近日首度从臭鼬工厂设施中现身,原型机建造完毕代表着离首度试飞更进一步。 Drum roll please… Meet the X-59! Almost 100 feet long and built for quiet supersonic speed, the X-59 will transform supersonic flight and pave the...
The X-59 was designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without creating the thunderous sonic boom that typically accompanies breaking the sound barrier. Currently, supersonic flight above land within a certain distance of the U.S. is prohibited by the FAA. NASA hopes the X-...
California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter. Credit: NASA / Steve Freeman...
Lockheed Martin is developing the X-59 aircraft in collaboration with NASA It is designed to produce a quieter sonic boom while flying over the populated areas at speeds faster than the speed of sound (767 mph) or Mach 1. Lockheed Martin got the contract to develop a quiet ...
GE Aviation has shipped the first engine for NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft, designed to fly faster than the speed of sound and cruise at 55,000ft. X-59, designed and built by Lockheed Martin, is made to create a sound about as loud as a car door closing, 75 Perceived Level...
NASA’s newest X-plane, the X-59, is on track to match or exceed the speed of sound with a test in early 2023, the space agency says. The plane is designed to do what the X-1 supersonic test pilots did, but quietly. Instead of a thunderous sonic boom that would disturb people ...
NASA’s experimental supersonic aircraft, the X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology), has moved a step closer to its first flight.
supersonic X-plane in decades will soon take to the skies. Final design, construction and assembly of the vehicle is targeted to be complete by 2021. A single pilot is to fly the 96.8-foot-long, 29.5-foot-wide aircraft powered by a single jet engine. Its design research speed will be ...
NASA aims to gather data thatcould revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercialaircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound."This is a major accomplishment made possible only through the hard work andingenuity from NASA and the entire X-59 team," sai...
development of the X-59 aircraft, according to Lori Ozoroski, project manager for NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project. In the same way, she added, the new studies will “refresh those looks at technology roadmaps and identify additional research needs for a broader high-speed range...