NASA asked private companies to figure out how to make commercial supersonic flight "a reality."
Mach 2 to 4 planes, flying up to 3,045 mph, could be used on 50 established flight routes, per NASA.
This comes as NASA is starting to test its own X-59 supersonic plane to make sonic booms quieter.
To make supersonic flight a reality, it needs to become quieterThe news comes as NASA begins testing its own supersonic plane.
NASA/Lockheed MartinThis is an important experiment because non-military supersonic flight over land has been banned by federal regulations for over 50 years in the US.
Persons:
Northrop Grumman, Mary Jo Long, Davis, Lockheed Martin, John Wolter, We're, Peter Coen
Organizations:
NASA, Service, Boeing, Northrop, Concorde, Technology, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Quesst
Locations:
Wall, Silicon, London, New York, Palmdale , California