CEO of failed supersonic plane startup on what went wrong — and how other companies might find success
Supersonic aviation startup Exosonic, which was working on commercial and military faster-than-sound jets, shutdown after ...
How NASA’s X-59 recycled decades-old plane parts to make silent supersonic flight possible
The new supersonic plane breaks the mold with a radical new shape and digital cockpit, but it relies on ancient parts to make ...
Supersonic aircraft startup Exosonic is shutting down
Exosonic, a startup developing supersonic commercial air travel and UAV tech, is winding down after five years of operation.
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Boom Supersonic Test Aircraft Approaches Speed of Sound
XB-1 demonstrator did not quite break the sound barrier during its seventh test flight but reached speed and altitude ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet sets new speed record during 7th test flight
During the Nov. 5 test flight, which lasted 55 minutes, XB-1 reached an altitude of 23,015 feet (7,015 meters) and a new top ...
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Supersonic aircraft startup Exosonic is shutting down
The company was making progress: It hit a major milestone earlier this year when it flew its first aircraft, a subscale variant of its supersonic UAV called EX-3M Trident, in a test flight in ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight
X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved ...
NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the ...
NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time
But NASA wants to show that faster-than-sound travel is possible without the annoyance of the boom, which is where its X-59 ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Plane Breaks Its Speed Record Blasting Towards Sound Barrier
The latest test flight was piloted by Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, a graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School. Along with breaking the plane’s speed record, his flight also reached new ...
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NASA To Monitor How The X59 Supersonic Plane Sounds
NASA will use 30 ground recording stations to monitor the sound produced by the X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft. Learn more ...