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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight
The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas.
NASA and Boeing have effectively cancelled the X-66 Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept demonstrator aircraft. Officially described as a "pause," development of the thin-wing airplane is being ...
The system can be reconfigured in real time while the X-plane is still in the air. The US Air Force's X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) is one of the world's premiere flying ...
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Two-year flight delay for DARPA X-plane that steers with air bursts
The X-65 plane Aurora Flight Sciences is building for DARPA would use experimental air burst technology to steer, instead of traditional flaps or rudders.
National Security Journal on MSN
The Mach 6.7 X-15 ‘Hypersonic Rocket Plane’ Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force
The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft that pushed human flight to the edge of space and deep into the hypersonic regime. -Air-launched from a B-52, three X-15s flew 199 missions between 1959 ...
SEATTLE — A plane that will never need traditional fuel landed at Boeing Field, making history. “The first electric aircraft to land at Boeing Field,” said Deputy Airport Director David Decoteau. The ...
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