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: ...

The Concorde dream is within reach. NASA X-59 just has to silence the supersonic boom

NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...
Design News

Lockheed Martin's X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Completes First Flight & Heads to NASA

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is catching up with Boom Supersonic by flying its X-59 experimental quiet supersonic aircraft for the first time. Boom has not only flown its test aircraft, but achieved ...
Flightglobal

NASA and Lockheed Martin achieve first flight of X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...
New Atlas

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...
Digital Trends

Lockheed Martin’s X-59 completes first supersonic flight minus the sonic boom

What Happened: You know that earsplitting, window-rattling BOOM that planes make when they break the sound barrier? The one that got them banned from flying over land? Well, it might be a thing of the ...
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NASA, Lockheed's Supersonic X-59 ‘Returned Prematurely' on Second Flight

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59-a prototype design for a quiet, supersonic commercial airliner-"returned prematurely" to Edwards ...
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NASA X-59 Top Speed: How Fast Can The Supersonic Jet Travel?

The Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst, which stands for "Quiet SuperSonic Technology," is an experimental aircraft developed by Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works. That's the same organization that developed ...
The Aviationist

NASA’s X-59 QueSST Conducts Maiden Flight

After some scrubbed attempts, NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew for the first time from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale on Oct. 28, 2025. In a landmark milestone for aeronautical research, NASA’s experimental ...
Flightglobal

NASA strips down X-59 for post-flight inspections ahead of second sortie

NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator sits partially disassembled at Armstrong Flight Research Center following its October maiden flight, with engineers removing dozens of panels to complete required ...
Sacramento Bee

See the ‘coolest thing made in California’ as Newsom praises Skunk Works product

Lockheed Martin's X-59 won CMTA's 2024 Coolest Thing Made in California. NASA and Lockheed built the X-59 to reduce sonic booms and gather noise data. CMTA contest drew over 200,000 votes and ...