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NASA X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft test flight in California

NASA’s X-59 Is Picking Up the Pace

Days after breaking the sound barrier, the experimental aircraft hits its target speed and altitude.

NASA Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-59 supersonic aircraft

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Nears First Flight

Medium- and high-speed taxiing marks the final phase of ground testing for the experimental design.

NASA Lockheed Martin X-59 experimental quiet supersonic aircraft

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Begins Taxi Tests Ahead of First Flight

Agency’s final stage of ground testing will culminate in the experimental model’s inaugural flight, targeted for later this year.

Lockheed’s Skunk Works Will Help Develop Electra’s ‘Ultra-STOL’ EL9

Defense contractor’s secretive advanced technology arm could accelerate the timeline for the hybrid-electric aircraft, designed to take off and land in just 150 feet.

NASA Begins Engine Tests on Experimental X-59

Supersonic research aircraft’s powerplant fired up for the first time at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.

Reenacting Bombing Missions in an F-117 Nighthawk

Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator journey through history in the world’s first top-secret stealth aircraft.

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.

That Darkstar in Top Gun: Maverick—Was it Real?

Actual engineers from Lockheed Martin created that fictional airplane. Here’s how.

NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Clears Critical Ground Tests

The experimental supersonic aircraft has returned to Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in California for final assembly.