For the first time in decades, NASA is creating an experimental supersonic aircraft that does not make noise in the normal planes of their range. The 'X-Plains' mission is going to provide significant data, which will prove to be true to the concept of passenger planes flying faster than the speed of sound. NASA has given the contract to the American company Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company for $ 24.75 million. The company will build this X-plane and hand it over to NASA by 2021. In the field of Aeronautics, NASA Assistant Administrator Jayawon Shin said, "It is very encouraging to support X-planes at the level of designing and flying. He said, In the interest of all, to overcome technical barriers of supersonic flights Our tradition continues.
This X-Plane will be built on the basis of design prepared by Lockheed Martin during the contract given in 2016. The proposed aircraft will weigh 32300 pounds (14 thousand 651 kilograms) with 94 feet long, 29.5 feet wingspan and fuel. It will fly at a height of 55,000 feet and it will be just a pilot in its cockpit. In general, its speed will be 1,512 km per hour, which can be extended up to a maximum of 1,593 kilometers per hour.