X-59

Our X-59 archive collects reporting from across aviation and aerospace, updated as the story develops. Read the latest below.

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NASA FA-18 Hornet flying

From Gulfstreams to Super Guppy: Meet the aircraft fleet used by NASA

Boeing 777

April 4, 20266 min read

NASA’s innovative X-59 QueSST demonstrator cruises high above the Mojave Desert in California during its maiden flight – which lasted 67 minutes and allowed initial in-flight systems and performance checks to be completed – on October 28, 2025. Further flights will continue to expand the flight envelope of the X-59. Image: NASA/Lori Losey

NASA charts new envelope expansion milestones as X-59 returns to flight testing

Edwards AFB

April 2, 20268 min read

NASA's X-59 Quesst [registration N859NA '859'] is seen in-flight over California during the experimental supersonic aircraft's brief second test sortie on 21 March 2026. Image: NASA/Jim Ross

2nd test flight for NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft ends early after system warning

Edwards AFB

March 23, 20268 min read

Lockheed Martin X59 First Flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin fly X-59 quiet supersonic jet for the 1st time

Lockheed Martin

October 29, 20255 min read

Maximum afterburner for NASA’s X-59 engine test run

Lockheed Martin

December 28, 20241 min read

Skunk Works rolls out X-59

Lockheed Martin

January 14, 20241 min read

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