Collins Aerospace provides avionics for Nasa’s X-59 QueSST aircraft
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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 Aerospace worked closely with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Nasa to jointly develop software applications.
The solution includes touchscreen primary flight displays equipped with multi-function windows, head-up display symbology, and synthetic vision.
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
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