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The agency has flight tested a visual navigation system.
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Validating the quiet supersonic performance of NASA’s X-59 QueSST low-boom flight demonstrator will require precise measurement of the shock waves generated by the aircraft and how they propagate through the atmosphere to the ground.
 
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The interception of a Ryanair flight has fueled a conversation about how to ensure norms in civilian aviation.
 
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