Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

NASA and Boeing are pausing the development of the X-66 full-scale Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Instead, they will re-focus their efforts on demonstrating the benefits of thin-wing technology.

American space agency NASA and aircraft maker Boeing have been researching longer and thinner wing designs, they are now ...

Today NASA is officially trotting out the finished version of an experimental aircraft that looks like a stretched-out arrowhead. Painted in red, white, and blue, the plane is called the X-59, and it ...

X-59's engine started for testing for the first time. NASA's Quesst ("Quiet SuperSonic Technology") mission recently reached a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, an ...

NASA has successfully tested its X-66 aircraft in a wind tunnel, hoping it can reduce fuel consumption by at least 30%.

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center advanced multi-mission flight research in 2025, including supersonic testing, ...

In an aerospace example of the operation being a success but the patient dying, NASA has declared a satisfactory end to its X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft project, despite the fact that the ...

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PALMDALE, Calif. — NASA and Lockheed Martin on Friday unveiled to the public its new X-59 plane, an experimental aircraft that will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while generating a gentle ...

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