NASA Studies Subsonic X-plane Options, Costs

Credit: NASA, Boeing and Lockheed Martin
NASA is studying a range of configuration options for its next large-scale X-plane as it awards contracts to four companies to develop system requirements for proposed ultra-efficient subsonic transport (UEST) flight demonstrators. Funding permitting, the agency plans a series of manned X-planes to...

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