NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the sound barrier with little noise, ...

Lockheed Martin's X-59 QuessT with quiet SuperSonic Technology. The X-59 will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom. Credit: ...

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...

PALMDALE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet ...

Commercial supersonic travel just got one step closer to reality, as Lockheed Martin has just made its first successful flight with the X-59 prototype for NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) ...

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...

X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet completes first test flight The X-59 supersonic jet, designed for NASA with a goal of bringing supersonic speed without the ‘boom,’ completed its first test flight on ...

NASA's X-59 has finally taken flight. The X-59 is NASA's experimental new jet built to break the sound barrier without generating the thunderous sonic booms typically associated with supersonic flight ...

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert just after sunrise in what could be the first step ...