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Boom Supersonic Test Aircraft Approaches Speed of Sound
XB-1 demonstrator did not quite break the sound barrier during its seventh test flight but reached speed and altitude ...
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs ...
NASA's X-59 Quieter Sonic Boom Supersonic Test Plane Fires Up Its Engine For The 1st Time
The first phase involved firing up the engine at a low speed ... to reach supersonic speeds of Mach 1.4 (925 mph) at an ...
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NASA powers X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft for the first time
NASA has powered its X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft for the first time at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in ...
How NASA’s X-59 recycled decades-old plane parts to make silent supersonic flight possible
The new supersonic plane breaks the mold with a radical new shape and digital cockpit, but it relies on ancient parts to make ...
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NASA's X-59 supersonic jet nears first flight, passes engine tests
NASA 's revolutionary X-59 jet, or the Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, has passed its first engine tests. The ...
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Supersonic flight startup Exosonic closes down after running out of funds
Californian startup Exosonic has closed down after failing to secure additional funding for its supersonic aircraft projects.
CEO of failed supersonic plane startup on what went wrong — and how other companies might find success
Supersonic aviation startup Exosonic, which was working on commercial and military faster-than-sound jets, shutdown after ...
The Sun8d
Supersonic 1,200kmph jet could fly from NYC to London in 3.5hrs – and it’s just smashed a key speed and altitude test
as engineers work towards making the aircraft supersonic. It hit speeds of Mach 0.81 - or 499 knots, up from Mach 0.67 on its previous flight. The aircraft also flew to a new max altitude ...
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NASA, Skunk Works Test Engine for X-59 Experimental Aircraft
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works subsidiary have started the first testing phase of an engine that will power the X-59 ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Smashes Speed Record—Near the Speed of Sound
its aircraft must be stable and perform in flight at such an altitude. Boom Supersonic will continue its testing of XB-1 by gradually increasing its speed and altitude, a move that strikes a ...