NASA has awarded a US$247.5 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design, build, and test a prototype supersonic aircraft capable of generating no more noise than a car door closing while flying faster than the speed of sound over populated areas.
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NASA sees folding wings as a key aeronautical technology for the aircraft of tomorrow and to make it practical, the space agency is looking to a cutting edge, lightweight memory alloy that allows an aircraft's wing and control surfaces to change their shape in flight without heavy hydraulic systems.
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With several major players currently working on supersonic passenger jets, Aerion and Lockheed Martin are targeting those for whom even first class commercial air travel is substandard. The pair has just announced a partnership to develop the world's first supersonic business jet.
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Following its first public runs back in October, the team behind the Bloodhound Supersonic Car has shifted its focus to the dry lake bed in South Africa, where it hopes to shatter the world's land speed record in 2020.
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The Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) just completed its first public tests at Cornwall Airport Newquay. The tests are the first big outings for the car ahead of its long-term goal of shattering the world’s land speed record and crossing the 1000 mph (1600 kmh) threshold.
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Spike Aerospace took to the skies for the first time on Saturday as it tested a subsonic, subscale version of its planned S-512 supersonic passenger plane. The unmanned SX-1.2 made the first of a series of seven short flights to prove the validity of the aircraft's aerodynamics.
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Those still nostalgic about the Concorde can take heart because a new era of supersonic flight just came a step closer. NASA's supersonic passenger jet project has reached a major milestone, opening the way for design and construction of the Low Boom Flight Demonstration X-plane.
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Over the past nine years we've been hearing a lot about the Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC), which is ultimately intended to break the land speed record. One thing that we haven't seen, however, is the car actually moving under its own power. That's set to change on Oct. 26th.
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Boom Technology has made a significant step forward in its quest to build a new generation of supersonic passenger planes, as it recently announced that it has quadrupled its working capital, giving it a total funding of US$41 million.
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Lockheed Martin's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane is ready to take the next step, as a nine-percent scale model starts supersonic wind tunnel tests at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
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