Overall, Boeing widebody aircraft, such as the 777 or the 787, have an average lifespan of 20 to 25 years. However, the older ...

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly ...

The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...

NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the X-59 supersonic jet on its inaugural flight over California's Mojave Desert, validating ...

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The X-59 is the cornerstone of NASA’s Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) program, which launched in 2016. At the time, the ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an ...

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Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first ...