Nasa completes preliminary design review of QueSST aircraft design
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26 June 2017
Nasa has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of its Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) aircraft design, thereby achieving a major milestone towards developing a supersonic passenger jet that can travel over land.
QueSST is the initial design stage of Nasa s planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental airplane, which is also called as an X-plane.
The QueSST design can help LBFD aircraft to achieve its mission objectives, which include flying at supersonic speeds, but creating a soft thump instead of a disruptive sonic boom that usually supersonic jets create.
NASA selects contractor for quiet supersonic flight community testing
NASA has awarded a contract to
Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency’s
Significant subcontractors include:
• Blue Ridge Research and Consulting LLC of Asheville, North Carolina
• EMS Brüel & Kjær Inc. of Folsom, California
NASA is designing and building the X-59 research aircraft – a piloted, single-seat supersonic X-plane – with
technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump. NASA s aeronautical innovators are leading a team across government and industry to collect data that could allow supersonic flight over land, dramatically reducing travel time within the United States or to anywhere in the world.
Blue Ridge Research and Consulting LLC of Asheville, North Carolina
EMS Brüel & Kjær Inc. of Folsom, California
NASA is designing and building the X-59 research aircraft – a piloted, single-seat supersonic X-plane – with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump. NASA’s aeronautical innovators are leading a team across government and industry to collect data that could allow supersonic flight over land, dramatically reducing travel time within the United States or to anywhere in the world.
The scope of the work under this contract includes supporting NASA in the planning, execution, and documentation of phase three of the agency’s Low-Boom Flight Demonstration mission.
NASA Selects Contractor for Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing
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WASHINGTON, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research aircraft.
This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $29 million with an eight-year period of performance.
Significant subcontractors include:
Blue Ridge Research and Consulting LLC of Asheville, North Carolina
EMS Brüel & Kjær Inc. of Folsom, California
NASA is designing and building the X-59 research aircraft – a piloted, single-seat supersonic X-plane – with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump. NASA s aeronautical innovators are leading a team across government and ind
NASA Marks Halfway Point In Supersonic X-Plane Construction
Image: Lockheed Martin/Garry Tice
Construction of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft has reached the halfway point, according to an announcement from the agency last week. The X-59 is being assembled by Lockheed Martin at the company’s facility in Palmdale, California. NASA also announced that it has awarded Lockheed Martin a $40 million contract to provide support for the community overflight response phase of the Low-Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) mission.
“In 2024, NASA will fly the X-59 over select communities to measure public perception of the sound,” the agency said. “The data from these tests will be given to U.S. and international regulators, potentially opening the future to commercial supersonic flight over land.”