NASA MARKS CONTINUED PROGRESS ON X-59 QUIET SUPERSONIC TEST AIRCRAFT

摘要

Assembly of NASA's X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) aircraft is continuing during 2020 and making good progress, despite challenges such as those imposed by the unexpected global pandemic. NASA plans as early as 2024 to fly the X-59 over select communities on missions to gather information about how the public will react to the level of quiet supersonic flight noise the aircraft is designed to produce-if they hear anything at all.