NASA green-lights supersonic passenger plane project [feedly]

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NASA green-lights supersonic passenger plane project
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

NASA is moving ahead with its new X-planes program by awarding its first contract to design a prototype "low-boom" supersonic passenger jet. At a ceremony today at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced that a team led by Lockheed Martin will develop the preliminary designs for a demonstration aircraft.

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