So, researchers used a model scaled to just 1.62% of the actual aircraft—about 19 inches nose-to-tail. They exposed it to conditions mimicking the X-plane's planned supersonic cruising speed of ...

Unlike the X-59’s low-boom approach, Boomless Cruise aims to entirely eliminate the boom at ground level. The X-59 is designed to manage the shockwaves through its airframe design, aiming for a ...

NASA rolled its supersonic X-59 plane out of a Lockheed Martin hangar, revealing the experimental craft that will try to reach supersonic speeds without generating sonic booms.

Commercial faster-than-sound travel over land doesn’t happen anymore—but in the U.S., it could soon, with the debut of a new experimental plane developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin. The X-59 ...

NASA awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martin, which also makes U.S. fighter jets, a $247.5 million contract to build the X-59 craft, and as the images below show, the plane is in its final ...

After nearly eight years of work, NASA is finally ready to show off X-59 to the public. The “watch party” – which you can view in the video player below – will be broadcast live from 4 pm ...

With the X-59, NASA seeks to demonstrate supersonic flight with a muffled boom—a “sonic thump,” as they call it. The experimental plane was originally expected to make its first flight in 2023.

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft taxis across a runway during a low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force's Plant 42 test and manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California, on July 10, 2025.