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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-59 QueSST | Test Services | NASA Langley Research Center

11/02/2022Press Release:
This panoramic side view of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane shows the aircraft sitting on jacks at a Lockheed Martin test facility in Fort Worth, Texas.		NASA's X-59 calls on Texas for key testing
25/11/2021News:
A view of the X-59 being supported by ground supports in preparation for installation of the landing gear and other hardware required for structural testing.

Supersonic X-59 enters final assembly phase

Removed from its jig, the X-59 is ready for final assembly including the first power-on of the aircraft to test its internal systems. The first flight is planned for 2022.

08/09/2021Press Release:
The X-59's vision system, which replaces its cockpit window, being tested during the summer (Photo: Lockheed Martin / Garry Tice)		NASA completes tests of X-59 eXternal Vision System
14/12/2020Press Release:
NASA's Supersonic X-59 assembly team marks wing milestone
17/09/2020Press Release:
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane, or QueSST, is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, without producing a loud, disruptive sonic boom, which is typically heard on the ground below aircraft flying at such speeds. Instead, with the X-59, people on the ground will hear nothing more than a quiet sonic thump – if they hear anything at all. The X-59 will fly over communities around the United States to demonstrate this technology, providing scientifically valid data from the community overflights to U.S. and international regulators, who will use the information to help them come up with rules based on noise levels that may enable new commercial markets for supersonic flight over land. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)		NASA marks continued progress on X-59

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