NASA has announced that it has completed the first full burn test for its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft. Conducted on December 12 at NASA's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, this ...
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The F-35 Lightning II successfully completed its first afterburner test powered by Pratt & Whitney's F135 ...
ALTERNATE ENGINE: Researchers at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center have completed a high-altitude afterburner test program for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s F136 alternative ...
General Electric has had a successful afterburner test on its F136 aircraft engine, the Evandale, Ohio-based company said today, March 22. The GE Rolls-Royce fighter engine team hit “full afterburner” ...
NASA’s X-59, part of the Quiet SuperSonic Technology (Quesst) programme, has successfully completed afterburner tests, bringing it closer to achieving quieter supersonic flight. Built by Lockheed ...
EVENDALE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully hit full afterburner on its third new production-configuration engine, continuing a year of major progress and ...
FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II completed its first series of engine runs on Monday afternoon ...
Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025, an ...