🚨Breakings news! The X-59 has completed its first flight. Skunk Works® and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration are changing the future of quiet supersonic air travel! | Lockheed Martin

We’re making progress on the assembly of our newest X-plane! ✈️ The X-59 is a research aircraft designed to fly at 925 mph without producing a loud sonic boom. Step behind the scenes for a look at how major components are coming together, as we move closer toward making quiet supersonic flight a reality. The X-59 will fly over communities around the United States to demonstrate its tech & will use the info to help regulators come up with rules based on noise levels that may enable for new commer

Together with Lockheed Martin, we've unveiled our new X-59 supersonic plane. The X-59 will fly later this year on the #Quesst mission to test quieter sonic booms: https://go.nasa.gov/48wk1W2 What we learn could reopen the skies to commercial supersonic air travel. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration