X-59 Low-Boom Aircraft Enters New Phase of Supersonic Flight Testing Written 5 March 2026

X-59 Low-Boom Aircraft Enters New Phase of Supersonic Flight Testing

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft parked in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, CA, as it fires up its engine for the first time. | Credit: NASA

Aviation Week takes the wraps off NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft as preparations begin for envelope expansion tests.
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