NASA testing supersonic aircraft that produces no sonic booms

NASA is working on an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound, all without producing the annoying, if not sometimes alarming, sonic booms.
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X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft for monitoring

NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
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NASA receives two F-15Ds for supersonic research

Two F-15Ds of the Oregon Air National Guard have been transferred to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, where they will ...
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NASA to modify two F-15 fighter jets to support development of silent supersonic X-59

NASA’s experimental X-59 silent supersonic aircraft performed its historic first flight in October last year. Built by ...

F-15 Eagles given new role in NASA development of supersonic flight research

Two retired US Air Force F-15 Eagle twin-engine all-weather fighter jets have been given a new role supporting the ...
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NASA Armstrong integrates F-15 jets for X-59 supersonic research support

NASA Armstrong adds two retired F-15 jets to support supersonic research for the X-59, enabling high-altitude flights and ...
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NASA gets two F-15 jets for its supersonic research program

NASA has received two F-15 jets which had been retired by the US Air Force in order to advance its supersonic research ...
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NASA Spills All the Beans on Skunk Works X-59 Experimental Aircraft's First Flight

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...