As the first flight of NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft draws near, the agency seems not to waste any chance when it comes to testing the plane’s systems. Why, from time to time it even goes ...

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 ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft continues to make progress toward its first flight with a new successful round of testing. The X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet was designed to break the sound barrier ...

The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft ...

Credit: NASA EDWARDS AFB, California—NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed key engine and electromagnetic interference (EMI) checks on the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft ...

Collier Aerospace, developer of the HyperX® computer-aided engineering (CAE) solution, announced that its design and analysis software was chosen by Swift Engineering for structural sizing, analysis ...

The 100-foot-long, 29-foot-wide X-59 is the centerpiece of a NASA mission dubbed Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) that has been nine years in the making, a partnership between Lockheed ...

Collier Aerospace’s design and analysis software was chosen by Swift Engineering Inc., for structural sizing, analysis and test validation of the X-59 aircraft’s nose cone. Sources (All Images) | ...

NASA's X-59 aircraft has been marching toward a fest flight since it entered development in 2016 with the goal of bringing back commercial supersonic travel. Next, the agency will test jet-mounted ...

The Quesst mission involves not only building the X-59 aircraft,but also collecting data on how the noise is perceived by people on the ground, with the aim of getting the ban on supersonic flight ...

X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power ...