On October 29, 2025, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet made a historic first flight, soaring over the California desert. This ...

Lockheed Martin's revolutionary X-59 supersonic jet completes first test flight, designed to break sound barrier with quiet 'thump' instead of sonic boom.

The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils Larson, NASA’s lead test pilot for the X-59, the inaugural flight validated ...

The test is seen as a significant move toward commercial supersonic flights, which could cut flight times in half. The ...

Lockheed Martin and NASA's X-59 is a new supersonic aircraft designed to reduce the sonic pollution that comes with ...

In partnership with NASA, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has executed the first test flight of the X-59 quiet supersonic ...

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first test flight on Tuesday, flying at subsonic speeds of 230 mph over the desert ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft has successfully completed its first flight, demonstrating the ability to break the sound ...

NASA's experimental supersonic jet, the X-59, has completed its first successful test flight over the California desert.

NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59, a silent supersonic jet, could drastically reduce coast-to-coast flight times and eliminate ...

PALMDALE, California (Reuters) -NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in ...