When aircraft break the sound barrier, they produce shock waves that reverberate through the surrounding air and produce the ...

Lockheed Martin's X-59 QuessT with quiet SuperSonic Technology. The X-59 will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Credit: Space.com | foortage courtesy: Lockheed Martin|edited by Steve Spaleta Music: ...

Pilot James 'Clue' Less is ready to take to the skies Feature Sitting in the hangar of Lockheed Martin's famous Palmdale, ...

The agency said Thursday the new technology, a shock-sensing probe, will be instrumental in validating computer models and ...

PALMDALE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works ® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA Aeronautics, started X-59 engine run testing, marking the aircraft's final ...

What You Need to Know: NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on October 30. Developed by Lockheed Martin's ...

NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique "sonic thumps" that its quiet supersonic X-59 ...

Nasa’s X-59 “quiet supersonic” research aircraft is undergoing engine-run tests, the space agency highlights. The plane is part of NASA’s Quesst mission, which aims to solve a major barriers to ...

Supersonic flight means planes travel much faster and journeys take less time. It's hoped the X-59 could fly at 1.4 times the speed of sound - or 925 miles per hour, and experts hope the data it ...

PALMDALE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works ® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA Aeronautics, started X-59 engine run testing, marking the aircraft's final major ...