Lockheed Completes Final Assembly Of NASA’s Supersonic X-59

Steve Trimble November 18, 2021
NASA X-59 Low Boom Supersonic Demonstrator
A picture of the X-59 released by NASA in August shows the uncompleted airframe in an assembly fixture at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has completed final assembly of the X-59 Low Boom Supersonic Demonstrator in Palmdale, California, and is preparing to ship the experimental aircraft to Fort Worth for structural testing, a company executive said. The flight-test airframe for NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Technology...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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