The explosive noise happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound. Though the X-59 is not a prototype, its technology could influence the future of supersonic flight. Earlier this ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight
The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas.
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A tiny test jet quietly rewrote the future of flight
The future of high speed travel did not arrive with a deafening crack over the ocean, but with a controlled, almost modest ...
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator successfully achieved "Boomless Cruise," flying at supersonic speeds without an audible sonic boom reaching the ground, validating a long-sought physics concept ...
Boom Supersonic is on a mission to bring Mach 1 speeds to commercial aviation. The company got closer on November 16 when its XB-1 aircraft approached supersonic flight. The XB-1 is a test bed for the ...
It was a step toward reviving supersonic commercial travel, which has been on hiatus since the Concorde jet was grounded more than two decades ago. Boom Supersonic has contracts with at least two ...
NASA unveiled the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to produce a quieter sonic boom. The explosive noise happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound. Though the ...
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