NASA Begins X-59 Engine Runs, Flight Slips To 2025

The X-59 has begun engine runs at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works in Palmdale, California.

Credit: NASA
After long delays caused by technical issues, NASA has begun engine runs on the Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst low-boom flight demonstrator. Begun on Oct. 30, the tests at Lockheed’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, will verify that the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered...
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