Decades after Concorde's retirement, the appeal of traveling over an ocean faster than the speed of sound remains strong. Engineers have changed the problem over the past 50 years: how can breaking ...
It’s been over a decade since engineers officially got to work on the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST). Designed in collaboration with NASA, Lockheed Martin’s state-o ...
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is catching up with Boom Supersonic by flying its X-59 experimental quiet supersonic aircraft for the first time. Boom has not only flown its test aircraft, but achieved ...
Lockheed Martin's X-59 QuessT with quiet SuperSonic Technology. The X-59 will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Credit: ...
Lockheed Martin's X-59 won CMTA's 2024 Coolest Thing Made in California. NASA and Lockheed built the X-59 to reduce sonic booms and gather noise data. CMTA contest drew over 200,000 votes and ...
NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...
NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 supersonic aircraft, designed to reduce sonic booms to quiet "thumps," is nearing its maiden flight after completing initial taxi tests. The X-59's test flights aim to ...
NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...
What Happened: You know that earsplitting, window-rattling BOOM that planes make when they break the sound barrier? The one that got them banned from flying over land? Well, it might be a thing of the ...
A NASA jet designed for quiet supersonic flight has been named the "Coolest Thing Made in California" for 2025. The X-59 aircraft aims to reduce the sound of a sonic boom to a gentle "thump." Built by ...
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