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NASA's Commercial
Supersonic Technology Project had asked industry teams to submit
design concepts for a test aircraft that can fly at supersonic
speeds, creating a supersonic "heartbeat" - a soft thump rather
than the disruptive boom currently associated with supersonic
flight. (http://go.nasa.gov/1oTp9h1)
NASA said it selected a team led by Lockheed Martin's unit,
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co, to complete a preliminary design
for Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST).
This is the first in a series of 'X-planes' in NASA's New
Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency's fiscal
year 2017 budget.
Lockheed Martin will receive about $20 million over 17 months
for QueSST preliminary design work, NASA said.
Depending on funding, the aircraft will start flight campaign
around 2020, NASA said.
(Reporting by Radhika Rukmangadhan in Bengaluru)
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