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How NASA Is Using F-15s to Unlock Supersonic Flight

Space agency doubles the jet fighter research fleet for its X-59 quiet supersonic flight program.
PRIMETIMER

X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft for monitoring

NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
PRIMETIMER

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center lead research pilot David “Nils” Larson details early flight tests of the X-59 experimental aircraft

NASA pilot David “Nils” Larson outlines X-59 early flight tests, design features, risk management, and planned research ...

New personal eVTOL promises personal flight under $40K

The Rictor X4 electric aircraft promises personal flight for $39,900, making eVTOL technology accessible with 50 mph speeds ...
New Atlas

Bizarre flapless X-65 diamond-wing aircraft comes together

DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora’s Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape ...
Avionics International

Flying Blind: How America’s Broken ATC Backbone Is Rewriting the Rules for Avionics and Aircraft Value

The decision by the federal government to replace more than 600 aging radar systems across the United States is being framed ...