US program will monitor responses to sonic booms

Credit: Lockheed Martin
NASA is planning to fly a low-boom supersonic demonstrator over selected areas of the US to collect information on public acceptance of the noise. Community response data gathered by NASA’s Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) program will be provided to FAA and ICAO to help define a standard for en...
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