In partnership with NASA, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has executed the first test flight of the X-59 quiet supersonic ...

After years in development, NASA's supersonic jet dubbed 'Son of Concorde' has successfully completed its first test flight.

The X-59 is the cornerstone of NASA’s Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) program, which launched in 2016. At the time, the ...

Concorde was the result of a joint program between France's Sud Aviation and the United Kingdom's British Aircraft ...

The plane took off from Skunk Works' facility in Palmdale, Calif., at 8:14 am PT October 28 and made a 1-hour, 7-minute ...

If you boil it down to the basic facts, the era of commercial supersonic flight was a European phenomenon. Concorde, its ...

Just over two decades have passed since Concorde exited the UK passenger market and no plane has ever topped one important ...

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Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first ...

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly customers more than twice as fast as commercial airliners.

X-59 is designed to usher in a new era of air travel with its quiet supersonic technology. NASA’s X-59 aircraft completed its ...