Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight 13:20. NASA's new experimental aircraft will go thump in the night – that's the plan, anyway. The X-59, set to be unveiled in Palmdale ...

NASA awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martin, which also makes U.S. fighter jets, a $247.5 million contract to build the X-59 craft, and as the images below show, the plane is in its final ...

The loss of the Concorde means no commercial supersonic jets at all. NASA's experimental X-59 jet hopes to resurrect faster-than-sound air travel.

NASA and Boeing announced on Tuesday that the Air Force had designated a new transonic, truss-winged aircraft as the X-66A. The design is a product of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project ...

NASA tested a model of its X-66 plane inside a wind tunnel at the space agency's Langley Research Center. It could be the future of commercial flight.

NASA's supersleek X-59 plane is designed to break the sound barrier quietly and will launch sometime in 2023. ... This could open the door for new commercial supersonic travel options.

This wild NASA X-plane is actually going to be built. By Mike Wehner. Published Dec ... “That data will help regulators establish new rules to enable commercial supersonic air travel over land. ...

A model of the plane with a wingspan of six feet (1.8 meters) was already put through its paces there, in a bid to generate the data required on lift and drag to move forward with the actual build.

NASA awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martin, which also makes U.S. fighter jets, a $247.5 million contract to build the X-59 craft, and as the images below show, the plane is in its final ...