NASA’s X-59 jet completed its first test flight over California, marking a breakthrough toward quiet supersonic air travel.

Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first ...

NASA’s supersonic jet X-59 soared through California’s skies this week, in its first successful test flight, potentially ...

After years in development, NASA's supersonic jet dubbed 'Son of Concorde' has successfully completed its first test flight.

On October 29, 2025, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet made its long-awaited first flight, soaring above the Mojave Desert ...

Lockheed Martin said the X-59 performed “exactly as planned” on its test flight from its Skunk Works facility in Palmdale to ...

The jet is built in a unique shape to significantly reduce the sonic boom noise made when flights break the sound barrier.

The biggest transformation in the aerospace industry since the dawn of the jet age 75 years ago is being driven by next-generation propulsion systems and other technological advancements.

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an ...

Airplanes have been able to fly at supersonic speeds since the 1940s, although they are prohibited from conducting commercial flights over land because they produce a sonic boom that disturbs the ...