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Aviation Week Winner!

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The X-62A VISTA Aircraft flying above Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Photo Credit: Kyle Brasier, U.S. Air Force)

“X-62 VISTA DECLARED 2023- 2024 AVIATION WEEK LAUREATE AWARD WINNER- https://laureates.aviationweek.com/…/2024-winners.html The future of autonomy has been moving swiftly over the desert sky. Congratulations to the USAF Test Pilot School.”

“Calspan and Lockheed Martin collaborated to transform the U.S. Air Force’s F-16D Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) into the X-62 and enabled the first testing of synthetic artificial-intelligence pilots in a supersonic aircraft. This has provided the template for work on developing autonomy for the Air Force’s planned Collaborative Combat Aircraft family.” – Edwards Air Force Base February 21 2024 

NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft

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NASA and Lockheed Martin publicly unveil the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a ceremony in Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter. January 12, 2024. Read the full story here.