{"id":15947,"date":"2018-11-26T06:07:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T06:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=15947"},"modified":"2020-06-09T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T12:50:20","slug":"nasas-quiet-supersonic-technology-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/nasas-quiet-supersonic-technology-project\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Quiet Supersonic Technology Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/nasa-quit-super-sonic-technology.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"985\" height=\"786\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/nasa-quit-super-sonic-technology.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/nasa-quit-super-sonic-technology-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/nasa-quit-super-sonic-technology-768x613.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/>NASA has officially committed to a development timeline that will lead to the first flight of its X-59\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/the-quesst-for-quiet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/the-quesst-for-quiet&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1543297828869000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE2n9xbCxKtduvJQNTmlAL-l_gbGQ\">Quiet Supersonic Technology<\/a>\u00a0(QueSST) aircraft in just three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">This critical milestone comes after a rigorous review, Key Decision Point-C (KDP-C), that confirmed NASA\u2019s continued support of the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aero\/nasa-experimental-supersonic-aircraft-x-59-quesst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aero\/nasa-experimental-supersonic-aircraft-x-59-quesst&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1543297828869000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGbY1PjCnK1R2Tm3xveWaNu0NdgDw\">X-59<\/a>, in terms of funding, and established an achievable development timeline for NASA\u2019s first piloted, full-size X-plane in more than three decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThis aircraft has the potential to transform aviation in the United States and around the world by making faster-than-sound air travel over land possible for everyone,\u201d said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to see this bird fly!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">KDP-C commits NASA to the full X-59 development effort through flight-testing in 2021. The cost and schedule commitments outlined in KDP-C align the project with program management best practices that account for potential technical risks and budgetary uncertainty beyond the project\u2019s control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThis is a monumental milestone for the project,\u201d said Jaiwon Shin, NASA\u2019s associate administrator for aeronautics. \u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of the team for its hard work getting to this point, and we all look forward to watching this aircraft take shape and then take flight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The X-59 QueSST is shaped to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump, if it\u2019s heard at all. The supersonic aircraft will be flown above select U.S. communities to measure public perception of the noise \u2013 data that will help regulators establish new rules for commercial supersonic air travel over land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Management of X-59 QueSST development falls under the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/lowboom\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/lowboom\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1543297828869000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFR1mww6gP4ueOH__K7rxnOZk59UQ\">Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project<\/a>, part of the Integrated Aviation Systems Program in NASA\u2019s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has officially committed to a development timeline that will lead to the first flight of its X-59\u00a0Quiet Supersonic Technology\u00a0(QueSST) aircraft in just three 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