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NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft (www.nasa.gov)

submitted 10 months ago by Hypx@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

but other than test pilots, who are you going to get to fly a plane that lacks a forward view?

This plane will only be flown by test pilots. Its a technology demonstrator. Researchers build one of these to test concepts in physics in the real world.