NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft
2024年1月12日 · NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.
Quesst - NASA
2024年7月18日 · The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on its Way to Takeoff - NASA
2024年11月6日 · The engine, a modified F414-GE-100, packs 22,000 pounds of thrust, which will enable the X-59 to achieve the desired cruising speed of Mach 1.4 (925 miles per hour) at an altitude of approximately 55,000 feet. It sits in a nontraditional spot – atop the aircraft — to aid in making the X-59 quieter.
Quesst: The Vehicle - NASA
2024年12月12日 · NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is the culmination of decades of aeronautics and supersonic flight research. The X-59 is designed to be able to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound, without producing a loud sonic boom.
X-59 Passes Milestone - NASA
2024年5月15日 · NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight.
Special Report: X-59 Makes its Public Debut - NASA
2024年2月13日 · The centerpiece of NASA's Quesst mission to enable a future that includes commercial supersonic air travel over land, the X-59 quiet supersonic technology aircraft made its public debut on Jan. 12, 2024. This special report has all the details and background.
NASA’s X-59 Rollout Embodies Aeronautical Tradition - NASA
2024年1月9日 · 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. Leadership from NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin will officially unveil the fully completed and freshly painted X-59 to the world during a rollout ...
NASA Targets 2024 for First Flight of X-59 Experimental Aircraft
2023年10月12日 · NASA’s Quesst mission has adjusted the scheduled first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024. A one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft, the X-59 has required complex engineering from NASA researchers working with prime …
- X-59 hardware installed on NASA UC-12 aircraft - Several guest pilots compared normal vision and XVS on see-to-avoid and see-to-follow tasks • Final component qualification, installation, and ground checkout in the X-59 aircraft completed Concept Views of X-59 Cockpit XVS Image During Flight Test X-59 eXternal Vision System (XVS) 4K XVS Camera
Rollout of the X-59 Quesst Supersonic Plane - NASA+
2024年1月14日 · Watch the rollout of NASA’s newly painted X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft live from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. Quesst is NASA’s mission to demonstrate how the X-59 can fly supersonic without generating loud sonic booms, and then survey what people hear when it flies overhead.