NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft - NASA
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NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to

NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to

  • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    10 months ago

    “NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.”

    • Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mlEnglish
      262·
      10 months ago

      I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re actually developing supersonic stealth planes for the military.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        171·
        10 months ago

        I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re they’ve actually developing developed supersonic stealth planes for the military.

        Ftfy

        What they reveal openly is usually from years ago. A couple aerospace friends are always like "yea, we heard scuttlebut about that about 5 years ago, so that means it was already a thing 10 years ago*, haha.

      • grayman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        10 months ago

        From the eyewitness accounts of whistle blowers, traditional propulsion and modern propulsion are old tech compared to what they have today. Silent and extremely fast already exists.