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NASA Lockheed Martin supersonic X-59 demonstrator

X-59 Debut Could Launch New Era for Commercial Aviation

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s quiet, supersonic research aircraft makes its inaugural flight.

NASA Reveals the X-59—Its Antidote to the Sonic Boom

The experimental aircraft is expected to fly 1.4 times the speed of sound, or around 925 mph, according to NASA.

NASA Ready to Roll Out Experimental X-59

Here’s when the aircraft designed to help shape possible future commercial supersonic flight will be revealed at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility.