NASA's Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic ...

X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing, verifying how its systems ...

NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been ...

[Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas] NASA has fired up the engine of its experimental X-59 supersonic aircraft for the first time, marking the launch of testing to ensure the powerplant and systems work ...

The NASA team developing the X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet have fired up the aircraft’s GE Aviation F414-GE-100 powerplant for the first time, having started engine-run tests on 30 October.

The engine speed hold, which is technically the X-59’s cruise control system, was supposed to be verified as part of the upcoming aluminum bird tests, which are intended to test systems under ...

NASA just wrapped engine performance tests on its X-59 research aircraft, which the space agency hopes will prove a means of mitigating supersonic aircraft’s odious sonic booms. NASA and ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Lockheed Martin and NASA are poised to fire up the engine powering the X-59 low-boom demonstrator for the first time. The start of powered runs of the X-59’s single GE ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

The NASA-59 supersonic demonstration team is conducting engine-run tests at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. © NASA/Carla Thomas ...

“The engine, a modified F414-GE-100, packs 22,000 pounds of thrust, which will enable the X-59 to achieve the desired cruising speed of Mach 1.4 (925 miles per hour) at an altitude of ...