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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Plane Breaks Its Speed Record Blasting Towards Sound Barrier
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 aircraft has achieved its fastest speeds yet, blasting towards its goal of surpassing the speed of ...
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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 begins X-59 engine runs and now aims for 2025 first flight
The NASA team developing the X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet have fired up the aircraft's GE Aviation F414-GE-100 powerplant ...
Nasa’s own ‘Son of Concorde’ jet that could fly from London to NYC in 3.5hr makes major progress towards first flight
THE ‘Son of Concorde’ supersonic plane being built by Nasa has started testing its ‘quiet’ jet engines ahead of its first ...
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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 runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight
an experimental supersonic aircraft developed by Skunk Works for NASA’s Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator project. The first engine tests, which were carried out on Oct. 30, 2024 at Lockheed Martin ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Supersonic 'Son of Concorde' jet that could fly London to NYC in under 4 hours smashes key speed test
Several aerospace manufacturers are competing to create the first supersonic jet since the British Concorde, which was retired in 2003 due to concerns over its expense and the sonic booms it created ...