NASA, Lockheed Expect X-59 Quesst Aircraft to Make First Flight This Year Written 17 January 2023
Artist illustration of the X-59 taxiing on the runway. | Credit: Lockheed Martin; NASA
FlightGlobal reported that NASA “now expects its delayed X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (Quesst) demonstrator aircraft will make first flight in 2023 following completion of still-outstanding system evaluations.” The government agency, with partner Lockheed Martin, “confirm the 2023 first-flight target.” However, one industry advocacy group is calling on NASA to review the X-59 program “on ground that its conflicts with the US government’s goal of reducing aviation’s carbon footprint.”
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