Lockheed Martin's X-59 QuessT with quiet SuperSonic Technology. The X-59 will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Credit: Space.com | foortage courtesy: Lockheed Martin|edited by Steve Spaleta Music: ...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the ...

When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully completed engine performance tests on the X-59, a research aircraft designed to mitigate the loud sonic booms produced by supersonic flight. The tests, which ran ...

NASA has successfully completed engine performance tests on the X-59 research aircraft, an experimental jet designed to mitigate the disruptive sonic booms that have long plagued supersonic travel.

Based on the single modified F414-GE-100 engine, the quiet supersonic jet generates ... NASA’s new X59 supersonic jet is trying to fix the problem by mounting the engine on top of the aircraft instead ...

One of the many ongoing missions of the US government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to make ...

NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer To Flight After Passing Next Test Phase is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...