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X-59 QueSST is designed to cruise at 55,000 feet at a speed of about 940 mph and create a sound about as loud as a car door closing, 75 Perceived Level decibel (PLdB), instead of a sonic boom. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Palmdale, Calif., USA - November 16, 2018

• X-59 QueSST Demonstrator Manufacturing Begins

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works® began manufacturing the first part for the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft, marking a milestone to bring supersonic commercial travel over land one step closer to reality.

X-59 QueSST
Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon.
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has partnered with NASA for more than a decade to enable the next generation of commercial supersonic aircraft.
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

"The start of manufacturing on the project marks a great leap forward for the X-59 and the future of quiet supersonic commercial travel," said Peter Iosifidis, Low Boom Flight Demonstrator program manager Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
"The long, slender design of the aircraft is the key to achieving a low sonic boom. As we enter into the manufacturing phase, the aircraft structure begins to take shape, bringing us one step closer to enabling supersonic travel for passengers around the world."

No mission is impossible.
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is committed to quickly developing disruptive solutions to ensure our nation has an absolute advantage.
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Earlier this year, NASA selected Lockheed Martin to design, build and flight test the Low Boom Flight Demonstrator.

The X-59 will conduct its first flight in 2021.

Illustration of the X-59 QueSST as it flies above NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California.
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

It will be used to collect community response data on the acceptability of the quiet sonic boom generated by the aircraft, helping NASA establish an acceptable commercial supersonic noise standard to overturn current regulations banning supersonic travel over land.

In partnership with NASA, the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works team is solving one of the most persistent challenges of supersonic flight – the sonic boom.
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

X-59 is designed to cruise at 55,000 feet at a speed of about 940 mph and create a sound about as loud as a car door closing, 75 Perceived Level decibel (PLdB), instead of a sonic boom.

NASA awarded Lockheed Martin Skunk Works a contract in February 2016 for the preliminary design of X-59, designed to reduce a sonic boom to a gentle thump.
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

For more information, visit our websites: lockheedmartin.com/QueSST

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/quesst.html

or

www.nasa.gov/aero


Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Video
Quiet Supersonic X-Plane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ESPCQgDok


Manufacturing of NASA’s X-59 QueSST Begins. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

About Lockheed Martin

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 100,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

This year the company received three Edison Awards for ground-breaking innovations in autonomy, satellite technology and directed energy.


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