Lockheed Martin Says Completed 1st Test Flight of X-59 Supersonic Aircraft

NAMPA / Sputnik

2025-10-29

MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - US defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced the successful completion of the first test flight of the X-59 supersonic aircraft, developed jointly with NASA. "The X-59 took off from Skunk Works' facility at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, before landing near NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The X-59 performed exactly as planned, verifying initial flying quali......

Restricted content

Latest NAMPA photos

WINDHOEK, 28 October 2025 - Nampa’s Board Chairperson, Ndeuhala Katonyala-Lewis. (Photo: Contributed)

NAMPA

MARIENTAL, 27 October 2025 - The Real Madrid Soccer Clinic is underway in Mariental. It started on Monday and ends Friday. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

NAMPA

MARIENTAL, 27 October 2025 - Representatives from the Real Madrid Sports Clinic pictured with local teachers and the Hardap Region's Director of Education, Innovation, Sports Arts and Culture, Paulus Lewin, during the official opening of the Real Madrid Soccer Clinic in Mariental on Monday. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

NAMPA

MARIENTAL, 27 October 2025 - The Real Madrid Soccer Clinic is underway in Mariental. It started on Monday and ends Friday. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

NAMPA

AMINUIS, 25 October 2025 - Ovambanderu Chief Tjozohongo II Nguvauva pictured during the commemoration of the Ovambanderu community’s forced migration from concentration camps to Aminuis. (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

NAMPA

AMINUIS, 27 October 2025 - Ovambanderu Chief Tjozohongo II Nguvauva pictured with Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Gaudentia Krohne, Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate, and the Ovambanderu leadership during the commemoration of the Ovambanderu community’s forced migration from concentration camps to Aminuis. (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

NAMPA

AMINUIS, 27 October 2025 - Ovambanderu Traditional Authority Chief Tjozohongo II Nguvauva (C) flanked by Zebald Tjozongoro (L) and Kaitjombiri Karjirua (R). (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 27 October 2025 - Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Ruth Masake speaks during the official launch of the five-year National Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

NAMPA