NASA gives Lockheed supersonic transport contract

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/09/25/332778/nasa-gives-lockheed-supersonic-transport-contract.html

Supersonic commercial transport aircraft concepts for 2018 and beyond are the subject of a NASA-funded study to be carried out by Lockheed Martin.

The work will focus on "systems-level experimental validation activities" and is part of the NASA aeronautics research mission directorate fundamental aeronautics programme's supersonics project.