The move from its construction site to the flight line is one of many milestones that prepare the X-59 for its first and subsequent flights. Next up, the team will conduct significant ground tests, including engine runs and taxi tests, to ensure the aircraft is safe to fly. The aircraft’...
NASA and Lockheed Martin test pilots inspect the painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, 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 ba...
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NASA has pushed back the first flight of the X-59 low-boom supersonic demonstrator to 2024 after a series of subsystem issues encountered during check-out tests at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, late this summer proved harder to solve than expected. "We want ...
NASA’s X-59 QueSST, the Quiet Supersonic Aircraft on the Way to Its First Flight An artist’s impression of the X-59 (Image courtesy: Supersonic commercial aircraft could soon take to the air again, as NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft (Que...
The management review, known as Key Decision Point-D (KDP-D), was the last programmatic hurdle for the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft to clear before officials meet again in late 2020 to approve the airplane's first flight in 2021. ...
The management review, known as Key Decision Point-D (KDP-D), was the last programmatic hurdle for the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft to clear before officials meet again in late 2020 to approve the airplane’s first flight in 2021. “With the completion of ...
The X-59, designated as thefirst NASA X-planeto enter production in 30 years, is a demonstrator meant to prove that supersonic flight over land could be achieved without breaking any laws that forbid it on account of sonic booms.
PALMDALE, California—NASA unveiled its X-59 Low BoomFlight Demonstration aircraft at a ceremony at Lockheed Martin'sSkunk Works facilities.The experimental aircraft, which was designed and built byprime contractor Lockheed Martin, promises to dampen sonicbooms into a mere thud—about 75 perceived dB...
— NASA, US Air Force unveil new X-plane — the X-66A — to test wild wing design for fuel-efficient flight — Photos: Amazing X-Planes from the X-1 to XV-15 Free was referring to the fact that once the X-59 is ready for flight, the jet will make multiple flights ...