{"id":54946,"date":"2021-05-07T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-470842"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:07:52","slug":"nasa-selects-contractor-for-quiet-supersonic-flight-community-testing","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-selects-contractor-for-quiet-supersonic-flight-community-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Selects Contractor for Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A composite image, which includes an illustration of NASA\u2019s X-59 research aircraft\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying_004_2.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This composite image, which includes an illustration of NASA\u2019s X-59 research aircraft, shows the airplane\u2019s final configuration following years of research and design engineering. The single-pilot aircraft is now under construction at Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. <strong>Credits: Lockheed Martin<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency\u2019s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $29 million with an eight-year period of performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Significant subcontractors include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Westat Inc. of Rockville, Maryland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Ridge Research and Consulting LLC of Asheville, North Carolina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EMS Br\u00fcel & Kj\u00e6r Inc. of Folsom, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA is designing and building the X-59 research aircraft \u2013 a piloted, single-seat supersonic X-plane \u2013 with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump. NASA\u2019s aeronautical innovators are leading a team across government and industry to collect data that could allow supersonic flight over land, dramatically reducing travel time within the United States or to anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scope of the work under this contract includes supporting NASA in the planning, execution, and documentation of phase three of the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/lowboom\/overview\" rel=\"noopener\">Low-Boom Flight Demonstration mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA currently is working with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works of Palmdale, California, to design, build and conduct initial flight testing of the X-59 research aircraft as part of phase one of the mission. The team will work during phase two to prove the X-59 performs as designed and is safe to fly in the national airspace. During phase three, NASA will fly the X-59 aircraft over communities yet to be selected and ask residents to share their response to the sound the aircraft generates during supersonic flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA will provide the results of the community survey and the X-59 acoustic data collected during the community overflight tests to U.S. and international regulators for use in considering new sound-based rules to enable supersonic flight over land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the X-59 aircraft and its development, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hYprQ9PNyr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/x59\/\">Artist illustration of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft in flight.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"“Artist illustration of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft in flight.” — NASA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/x59\/embed\/#?secret=sHT1FbiQDP#?secret=hYprQ9PNyr\" data-secret=\"hYprQ9PNyr\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J.D. Harrington<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-5241<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:j.d.harrington@nasa.gov\">j.d.harrington@nasa.gov<\/a><br>\nSasha Ellis<br>\nLangley Research Center, Hampton, Va.<br>\n757-272-9859<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Sasha.c.ellis@nasa.gov\">Sasha.c.ellis@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency\u2019s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research aircraft. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $29 million with an eight-year period of performance. 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