X-59 | Lockheed Martin
WEBNASA’s composites-intensive X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft is set for its first flight by the end of 2022, after nine years of design, manufacture, assembly and testing by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
Quesst - NASA
WEBJul 18, 2024 · NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft on Jan. 12, 2024, at a ceremony in California. Read about the event, watch the video, and learn more about the origins and assembly of the X-59 in this special feature report. Learn More.
NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft
WEBJan 12, 2024 · The X-59 is a unique experimental airplane, not a prototype – its technologies are meant to inform future generations of quiet supersonic aircraft. At 99.7 feet long and 29.5 feet wide, the aircraft’s shape and the technological advancements it houses will make quiet supersonic flight possible.
NASA’s X-59 Rollout Embodies Aeronautical Tradition - NASA
WEBJan 9, 2024 · NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on the first phase of its mission to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating a loud sonic boom.
NASA unveils its revolutionary X-59 Quesst 'quiet' supersonic jet ...
WEBJan 12, 2024 · NASA and Lockheed Martin showed off the finished X-59 Quesst jet today, which promises to usher in a new era of quieter supersonic flight.
Quesst - NASA
WEBThe X-59 will feature innovative technology to reduce loud sonic booms to a quiet thump. X-59 will demonstrate technology to fly faster than sound as NASA gathers community feedback data. The data gathered from the X-59 may open the future to commercial supersonic flight over land.
X-59: The Supersonic Plane of the Future | Lockheed Martin
WEBMar 5, 2024 · Watch this video from CNN on how the X-59 can revolutionize supersonic flight over land: March 05, 2024. The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® team is addressing a longstanding challenge in supersonic flight – the sonic boom – through a collaborative effort with NASA's Quesst Mission.
WEBSkunk Works® Rolls Out X-59, NASA’s Newest X-Plane. PALMDALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2024 – Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT) rolled out the X-59, a unique experimental aircraft designed to quiet the sonic boom, at a ceremony in Palmdale, California.
WEBOverview of X-59 Aircraft Features. Fixed canard for nose-up trim at low-boom design point.
NASA will reveal the new X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet today and …
WEBOn Friday (Jan. 12), NASA and Lockheed Martin will unveil the X-59 Quesst, a radical new supersonic jet designed to break the sound barrier without creating a thunderous sonic boom. "This is...
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