Lockheed Starts Manufacture Of Low-Sonic Boom Test Plane

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has cut metal on the X-59 QueSST, beginning manufacture of the first part for NASA’s low-boom flight demonstrator. The single-seat, single-engine experimental aircraft is scheduled to fly in 2021. The X-59 is being built to collect community response data on the public...

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