Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

NASA and Boeing are pausing the development of the X-66 full-scale Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Instead, they will re-focus their efforts on demonstrating the benefits of thin-wing technology.

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

Today NASA is officially trotting out the finished version of an experimental aircraft that looks like a stretched-out arrowhead. Painted in red, white, and blue, the plane is called the X-59, and it ...

X-59's engine started for testing for the first time. NASA's Quesst ("Quiet SuperSonic Technology") mission recently reached a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, an ...

NASA has successfully tested its X-66 aircraft in a wind tunnel, hoping it can reduce fuel consumption by at least 30%.

Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, to view progress on the eXternal Vision System (XVS) that will allow NASA’s X-59 Quiet ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center advanced multi-mission flight research in 2025, including supersonic testing, ...

In an aerospace example of the operation being a success but the patient dying, NASA has declared a satisfactory end to its X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft project, despite the fact that the ...

In the world of aviation, commercial airliners often steal the spotlight, but the backbone of personal and business flying has always been the general aviation (GA) industry. From small ...

PALMDALE, Calif. — NASA and Lockheed Martin on Friday unveiled to the public its new X-59 plane, an experimental aircraft that will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while generating a gentle ...

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