NASA tests low-volume supersonic jet that could slash air travel time

NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers ...

NASA test flight seeks to help bring commercial supersonic travel back

The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...

Lockheed Martin’s X-59 completes first supersonic flight minus the sonic boom

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, has successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a ...
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NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

The test is seen as a significant move toward commercial supersonic flights, which could cut flight times in half. The ...

Could a new ‘quiet’ supersonic jet cut down your flight time? NASA just ran its first test flight for it

NASA, alongside defense and aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin, led X-59’s first test flight. X-59 took off from Lockheed ...

Supersonic flights returning soon: NASA successfully tests new low-noise jet

Commercial supersonic flights are currently banned over land because they create an explosive and frightening 'sonic boom,' ...

Supersonic travel could return – without the boom – as NASA tests X-59 jet

NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet recently completed its first test flight after years of development and delays. Aeronautical engineers at Lockheed Martin designed the aircraft to ...

Flying In The M-346 – Beechcraft’s Pitch For The Navy’s Next Jet Trainer

TWZ was given full access to experience exactly what this jet trainer could offer as a potential T-45 Goshawk replacement for ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Marks Historic First Flight

Fifty years after the US banned supersonic flights of civilians over land, a needle-nosed aircraft has risen from the ...
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What You're Seeing Isn’t a Sonic Boom - It’s Something Else Entirely

Viral images of fighter jets surrounded by vapor cones are often misidentified as shockwaves, but this video clarifies the ...
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Addis Ababa’s Smoke Economy: The Hidden Cost of the City’s Raw-Meat Boom

Addis Ababa’s kitchens burn quietly through the city’s future. Behind the glow of its booming siga bets—the raw-meat restaurants that have come to define its ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes First Flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s experimental X-59 jet completed its first test flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, a milestone in the ...