NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft - NASA
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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

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

  • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
    231·
    10 months ago

    I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re actually developing supersonic stealth planes for the military.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      141·
      10 months ago

      I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re they’ve actually developing developed supersonic stealth planes for the military.

      Ftfy

      What they reveal openly is usually from years ago. A couple aerospace friends are always like "yea, we heard scuttlebut about that about 5 years ago, so that means it was already a thing 10 years ago*, haha.

    • grayman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      10 months ago

      From the eyewitness accounts of whistle blowers, traditional propulsion and modern propulsion are old tech compared to what they have today. Silent and extremely fast already exists.