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X-29: NASA and DARPA Experimented with a ‘Backwards Wings Fighter’

Key Points and Summary – NASA and Grumman’s X-29 was a 1980s–90s technology demonstrator that flipped convention with forward-swept wings and canards to probe extreme maneuvering and ...
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NASA's X-59 moves under its own power

July 22 (UPI) --NASA's quest for a quieter supersonic jet passed an early test after its X-59 aircraft was able to taxi at low speed at a manufacturing plant in California. The space agency on Tuesday ...
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NASA's X-59 moves toward first flight at speed of safety

As NASA's one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and takeoff to cruising and landing—and their decision-making is ...