After the first test flights in 2025, Lockheed Martin will transfer the plane to NASA. Then, after acoustic testing over ...

The world of experimental self-built aircraft is ... Built to copy some of the 1950’s era innovations in delta-style jet aircraft, the plane is essentially a flying wing that seats four.

The aerospace company put its technology to the test today, breaking the sound barrier and reviving the dream of supersonic ...

Brandenburg teased a future demonstration that also involves NASA – possibly hinting at a future joint flight with both the XB-1 and NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft. The X-59 is designed to ...

As far as cutting-edge experimental aircraft go, the X-57 is about as laid back as it gets. But like previous X-planes, the Maxwell will one day be looked back on as a technological milestone of ...

The “X-planes” are radical ... We have chosen a diverse bunch of these exciting aircraft (some excellent and some terrible) to illustrate the incredible achievements of these remarkable ...

US aerospace firm Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 aircraft has achieved a speed in excess of Mach 1 for the first time.

On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft, made its first flight. While this first flight was in fact a gliding test, the X-1 would become the first ...

Enter NASA’s latest—and by far sleekest—experimental aircraft, the X-59 ... costs down and enables quicker development of the X-planes. Things don’t have to be optimized for a wide ...

He has made more than 300 landings on aircraft carriers ... conducting test flights of Boeing's experimental X-32 fighter plane. In this interview, hear from Yates on what it's like to hurtle ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The latest American X-plane is once again pushing the envelope—and is spearheaded by one of the United States’ more secretive research and development agencies.