Full Throttle, Mach Diamonds: NASA’s X-59 Turns Up Power, Soars Through Engine Tests
NASA’s X-59 has cleared another hurdle with the successful completion of critical engine tests. The trials confirmed that its ...
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NASA Just Fired up Its Quiet Supersonic Jet—and It Looks Like Pure Speed
NASA and Lockheed Martin ran the tests between October and February on the single modified F414-GE-100 engine that will power the aircraft and its subsystems. “We have successfully progressed ...
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
NASA's X-59 supersonic jet looks ready for some ... The tests were aimed at verifying the performance of the X-59's General Electric F414-GE-100 jet engine, a modified version of the engine ...
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Nasa fires up ‘boomless’ supersonic jet that will travel at speeds over 900mph ahead of first flight this year
NASA has completed the engine ground tests on ... a toilet flushing - and half as loud as a balloon popping. The jet's F414-GE-100 engine is also mounted on top of the aircraft, in an effort ...
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X-59 Supersonic Plane Spotted Next to NASA F-15, The Two Planes Band Together for a Reason
The effort was initiated by NASA back in 2016 and now ... Such design ideas and technologies, including a single General Electric F414-GE-100 jet engine (22,000 pounds of thrust) installed ...
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Which Jet Engines Are Made By General Electric? Here's What You Need To Know
They use the F414-GE-400 turbo fan engine, which produces 22,000 pounds of thrust. It might not be as powerful as the Air Force's F-15EX, but NASA did order on F414-GE-100 engines for its X-59 ...