Above the Mojave Desert, two NASA F -15 jets completed an important range of flights to validate the aerial equipment required for the agency’s Quest Mission, which aims to enable a quiet supersonic journey. Flying faster than the speed of sound, the jets repeated the conditions under which NASA’s experimental X -59 aircraft would fly. The expedition tested shockwave sensors, geophysic guidance systems, and shillier imaging tools, which was designed to detect and imagine the sonic “Tamp” of the aircraft for traditional boom -a soft option -when the ex -59 cruise above 1.4 and 50,000 feet.
According to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, Dual-jet verification The attempt was led by the Shamoka team, which converted an F -15D into a research platform from a fighter aircraft. With F-15B, the aircraft was used to fly flying simultaneously-double ship flying to validate the three core systems Integration of airborn location geosal navigation system (Align). These efforts collectively confirm the readiness of the system for the X-59 data capture.
Cheng Maua, NASA’s Project Lead for Shamrook compared the series to “Graduation Exercise”, where all tools were tested in their final configuration. In particular, the shrien system demanded acute accuracy, requiring a high -speed handheld camera to track the X -59 airflow against the sun’s background, while the aircraft flew through a tight 100 -foot alignment corridor.
Successful verification suggests that NASA’s special tools are ready to record the sound signature of the X -59. It is an important step towards installing it that it is comprehensible, quantitative and repeated to blow supersonic on the ground without making too much noise. The information will help determine the future of commercial aviation regulation and technology, which will lead to more promise of fast, quiet flight travel.