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NASA’s ultra-quiet X-59 jet just soared on its historic first flight

NASA’s experimental X-59 has finally traded the hangar for the sky, marking a historic first flight that could rewrite the ...

NASA's ultra-quiet X-59 aircraft just took to the skies for the first time

Quesst is the result of a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and NASA to build a supersonic aircraft that can fly over ...
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X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft for monitoring

NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center lead research pilot David “Nils” Larson details early flight tests of the X-59 experimental aircraft

NASA pilot David “Nils” Larson outlines X-59 early flight tests, design features, risk management, and planned research ...
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NASA Chase Aircraft Ensures X-59’s Safety in Flight

As NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft continues a series of flight tests over the California high desert in 2026, ...
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Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California desert in first test flight

PALMDALE, California >> NASA’s X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound ...
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AeroTEC joins forces with Pratt & Whitney to test hybrid-electric plane in Moses Lake

An artist’s conception shows the RTX hybrid-electric demonstrator in flight. (RTX Illustration) Seattle-based AeroTEC says it’s been selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to lead the modification and ...