Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

Cleared Direct Nov 1, 2026

The NASA X-59 Quesst, the Sonic Boom Reshaped to a Thump, and the Fifty-Year-Old FAA Ban on Supersonic Flight Over Land That One Aircraft Is Trying to Rewrite

NASA's X-59 Quesst is conducting supersonic community overflights to build the dataset needed to replace the FAA's 53-year-old overland ban with a loudness-based standard.

Vector

ATIS Oct 30, 2026

The NASA X-59 and the Quest to Bring Supersonic Flight Back Over American Skies

NASA's X-59 low-boom supersonic aircraft begins its first cross-country flight - a major step toward ending America's 53-year supersonic overland ban.

Tower

Cleared Direct Oct 26, 2026

The NASA X-59 QueSST, the Shaped Sonic Boom, and the Supersonic Overland Question That Has Been Waiting Fifty Years for an Answer

NASA's X-59 QueSST is testing whether reshaped sonic boom technology could end the 50-year ban on supersonic commercial flight over US soil.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 28, 2026

The NASA X-59, the Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator, and the Rule Change That Could Open the American Sky to Supersonic Flight Again

NASA's X-59 QueSST completed its first flight on January 24, 2024, launching a program aimed at replacing the 50-year US ban on supersonic overland civil flight with a noise-based standard.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 26, 2026

The NASA X-59 QueSST, the Low-Boom Supersonic Demonstrator Built to Rewrite the Regulation That Has Grounded Overland Supersonic Aviation for Fifty Years

NASA's X-59 QueSST flew for the first time in January 2024, built to prove overland supersonic flight no longer has to produce a sonic boom.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 12, 2026

The NASA X-59 and the Quiet Supersonic Bet to Turn the Sonic Boom Into a Thump

NASA's X-59 aims to soften the sonic boom into a quiet 'thump' and overturn the 1973 ban on overland supersonic flight.

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