Technology X-59, the plane that promises to make supersonic commercial flights something trivial in the next decade On January 12, Lockheed Martin and NASA presented the X-59, an experimental aircraft that aims to enable supersonic… Ricardo MeierPublished January 13, 2024 Read More
Technology NASA to unveil the X-59 experimental plane on January 12, 2024 NASA’s long-awaited Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) program, which will study technologies to reduce the noise caused by the… Ricardo MeierPublished December 12, 2023 Read More
Technology NASA X-59 supersonic test aircraft almost ready to fly New images recently released by NASA have revealed the complete shape of the X-59 Quesst, a supersonic demonstration… Thiago VinholesPublished July 13, 2023 Read More
Technology New supersonic XB-1 and X-59 airplanes have noise as the biggest challenge Fifty years ago, the Concorde and its Russian rival Tu-144 pioneered supersonic passenger flight, but ended up succumbing… Ricardo MeierPublished October 11, 2020 Read More
Technology NASA begins final assembly of supersonic jet X-59 NASA announced this week that it has approved the final assembly and system integration of the Quiet SuperSonic… Thiago VinholesPublished December 19, 2019 Read More
Air Transport Successor of the Concorde: bigger, but slower and with less capacity Perhaps the most stunning passenger plane ever created, the Concorde is synonymous with supersonic jet for a lot… Ricardo MeierPublished July 14, 2019 Read More