NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Jet Makes Historic First Flight – Could Halve Air Travel Time
NASA’s X-59 QueSST experimental jet, built with Lockheed Martin, completed its first flight in California on Oct. 28, 2025. The aircraft’s design aims to reduce the sonic boom to a soft “thump,” allowing supersonic travel over land. U.S. regulators plan to use flight data to consider lifting the ban on civilian supersonic flights. Lockheed Martin’s stock traded near $487 following the milestone.