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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
NASA and Lockheed Martin recently released photos of the X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet conducting tests of its afterburner, ...
NASA's about to fly its powerful X-plane. It could make history.
After the first test flights in 2025, Lockheed Martin will transfer the plane to NASA. Then, after acoustic testing over ...
NASA’s X-59 Jet Conducts Afterburner Test for Supersonic Flight Performance
The X-59, part of NASA's Quesst program, completes afterburner testing for supersonic speeds with reduced noise.
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Lockheed Martin X-59 QuessT With Quiet SuperSonic Technology
Lockheed Martin's X-59 QuessT with quiet SuperSonic Technology. The X-59 will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Credit: ...
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Avenging the Concorde: Inside NASA’s Quest to Break the Sound Barrier and Hush the Sonic Boom
Enter NASA’s latest—and by far sleekest—experimental aircraft, the X-59. The 100-foot-long, 29-foot-wide X-59 is the centerpiece of a NASA mission dubbed Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic ...
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X-59 aircraft designed to quiet sonic booms optimised thanks to Collier Aerospace’s design & analysis software
This experimental aircraft from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® is part of the Quesst (Quiet Supersonic Technology) mission of U ...
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Collier Aerospace’s HyperX Software Enhanced Nose Cone of Swift’s X-59 Aircraft
Collier Aerospace supplied HyperX computer-aided engineering software to Swift Engineering for the structural sizing, ...
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Collier Aerospace enables Swift Engineering to optimize X-59 nose cone
Design & analysis software used for structural sizing, analysis, and test validation of 35ft structure.
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. NASA's X-59 supersonic jet looks ready for some serious speed in new ...