NASA X-59 Quiet SuperSonic aircraft reaches a construction milestone
Shane McGlaun - Dec 15, 2020, 5:01am CST
NASA has announced the construction of its X-59 Quiet SuperSonic aircraft at Lockheed Martin has reached a milestone. The milestone was reached on November 5 when the team building the aircraft at the Lockheed Martin Skunkworks factory in Palmdale, California, completed major work on the aircraft’s wing. That major milestone was adding the wing skin to the wings covering the fuel tanks of the aircraft.
NASA says the skin was added over the fuel tanks, which are never expected to be touched by human hands again. A senior Lockheed Martin manager on the project, Steve Macpherson, said that the key milestone reminded the team that the X-59 is coming together. The aircraft is being constructed under a contract with NASA worth $247.5 million.