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PALMDALE, Calif. NASA and its design partners officially rolled out the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Friday, January 12, at prime contractor Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which aims to make sonic booms quieter, one of the major challenges to supersonic flight over land.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have unveiled the X-59—the new experimental aircraft designed to quiet the sonic boom.

RVS 2.0 provides a “quantum leap” in camera technology, said Lt. Col. Joshua Renfro of the Air Force’s KC-46 cross functional team. “We're very confident in the product. We like where it's going, and we really like what this is going to deliver to us down the road."

A new US Navy (USN) strategy document has reaffirmed the importance of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs) to future air power, despite the platform's vulnerability to advanced anti-ship missiles. A F-35C taxis on the flight deck of Nim...

Collins Aerospace provides avionics for Nasa’s X-59 QueSST aircraft Share 4 hours ago Sign up here for GlobalDatas free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Raytheon Technologies unit Collins Aerospace has delivered a Large Format Display system for Nasa’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. The company was contracted by Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor of the X-59 project, to develop a customised avionics solution. Collins Ae...