"Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team has officially started making the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) plane, which could take to the skies in the next several years.
The defense company is building the QueSST for NASA's Low-Boom Flight Demonstration program. The space agency has just confirmed in a press release its continued support of the plane, regarding funding, and established a timeline for the first flight in 2021.
“This aircraft has the potential to transform aviation in the United States and around the world by making faster-than-sound air travel overland possible for everyone,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
“We can’t wait to see this bird fly!”
The QueSST's long, slender design will allow it to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump.
Lockheed said the plane would fly at an altitude of 55,000 feet and reach speeds of 940 mph..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-21/lockheed-martin-now-building-nasas-quiet-supersonic-jet
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