NASA Glenn Tests Low-Boom X-Plane In Wind Tunnel

Credit: NASA
As Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works finalizes the preliminary design of a low-boom flight demonstrator for NASA, wind-tunnel tests of the configuration are underway to validate the aerodynamics and handling of the planned Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane. High-speed testing is being...

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