On July 10, 2025, the solution became visible on the sun-drenched runways of Palmdale, California, as NASA’s X-59 QueSST test aircraft rolled under its own power for the first time.

The X-59’s first taxi test was not merely a technical run-through; it was a public show of how engineering wizardry could perhaps, at last, subdue the thundering sonic boom. Supersonic flight ...

NASA's X-59 is taking slow steps towards supersonic flight, beginning taxiing tests at US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The final part of Phase One development, it's the precursor to ...

Swift Engineering used HyperX software to remove 100 pounds from 38-foot graphite/epoxy cored nose cone for X-59 supersonic ...

The X-59 itself was built by L ockheed Martin Skunk Works in California and is slated to make its first historic flight sometime this year.

More than two decades after Concorde’s retirement, commercial aviation is once again preparing to break the sound barrier.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun initial taxi tests of the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft, marking another step toward its long-anticipated first flight.

NASA’s goal with the X-59 is to reverse this trend. The agency hopes to shatter the barriers that have long restricted supersonic flight over land by minimizing the disruptive sonic boom ...

According to British Airways, a typical London to New York crossing would take a little less than three and a half hours on ...