NASA’s X-59 enters supersonic thump test phase

NASA’s experimental supersonic aircraft X-59 Quesst has completed the first phase of flight tests. Acoustic properties are ...
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X-59: US supersonic aircraft hits Mach 1.2 at 49,000 feet in 25th test flight

NASA’s X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft has successfully completed 25 test flights. It reached Mach ...

NASA Readies Its Quiet Supersonic Jet for a Noise Test Later This Year

The X-59 took off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California on August 21 for the latest in a series ...
Ars Technica

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 ...

Supersonic flight is making a comeback decades after the Concorde. But one big hurdle remains

Fifty years after a US ban, the door is cracked open again to faster-than-sound travel over land. And experts think they finally have an issue that killed it.
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Hermeus and Anduril team up to boost the autonomy of Quarterhorse Mk2 supersonic aircraft

Hermeus has selected Anduril to integrate its mission autonomy technology with the Quarterhorse Mk ...
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NASA to resume supersonic aircraft tests. Here's what to know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA is getting ready to go supersonic. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel faster than ...
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4 Myths About Supersonic Flight: What Pilots Actually Feel At Mach 1

Supersonic flight and its visions of high-speed thrills, intense pressure changes, and dramatic sonic booms have persisted across pop culture for decades now. But is it legit? While the idea of ...