Engineers and researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field (KNUQ) in California are modeling aerodynamic and acoustic fields around turbofan engines. [Screenshot, Courtesy ...

Engineers built the aircraft with "swept back" wings, a design meant to reduce drag. After the first test flights in 2025, Lockheed Martin will transfer the plane to NASA. Then, after acoustic ...

Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin and Quentin Schwinn/Gizmodo During the tests, NASA engineers simulated the ... subjected to nominal and launch abort acoustic levels. We are still analyzing data ...