NASA testing supersonic aircraft that produces no sonic booms

NASA is working on an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound, all without producing the annoying, if ...
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NASA to modify two F-15 fighter jets to support development of silent supersonic X-59

NASA’s experimental X-59 silent supersonic aircraft performed its historic first flight in October last year. Built by ...
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NASA Receives Two F-15Ds for Supersonic Research

Two F-15Ds of the Oregon Air National Guard have been transferred to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, where they will join the ones already ...
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NASA gets two F-15 jets for its supersonic research program

NASA has received two F-15 jets which had been retired by the US Air Force in order to advance its supersonic research ...
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NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert just after sunrise in what could be the first step ...
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on October 28, 2025 from Lockheed Martin's famously secret Skunk Works at the US ...
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NASA tested a supersonic quiet jet, taking a step closer to changing flight travel forever

The last week of October, NASA successfully tested its first quiet supersonic jet in a short, low-speed flight over the California desert. The purpose of the test was not to review speed, but to check ...
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NASA tests low-volume supersonic jet that could slash air travel time

NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers to travel faster than the speed of sound. The X-59 aircraft soared Tuesday ...