Gulfstream X-54
| Gulfstream X-54 | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Experimental airplane |
| Design country: |
United States |
| Manufacturer: |
Gulfstream |
| First flight: |
- |
| Commissioning: |
- |
| Production time: |
- |
| Number of pieces: |
0 |
The Gulfstream X-54 is a conceptual research and demonstration aircraft being developed in the United States by Gulfstream Aerospace for NASA .
construction
The X-54 project was initiated in 2008. The goal is to provide a supersonic develop experimental aircraft that the intensity of the sonic boom to greatly reduce and thereby reduce noise compared to conventional supersonic aircraft. The X-54A is to be used for a study regarding the future commercial use of supersonic aircraft and the associated necessary modification of the restrictions for supersonic flights.
The X-54 project follows on from DARPA's Quiet Supersonic Aircraft research project and aims to demonstrate technologies and methods for reducing the sonic boom , including NASA Quietspike , the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator, and the FaINT and WSPR projects. The concept is being developed by NASA and the aircraft is to generate a sound level of only 74 db on the ground in supersonic flight at Mach 1.4 .
development
The aircraft is at Gulfstream Aerospace developed and is of two Rolls-Royce Tay - turbofans are driven each with 15,400 lbf (69 kN) thrust. The X-54 is in connection with Gulfstream's Sonic Whipster program, which was trademarked in 2005 as "Reduction of noise in supersonic flights". In addition to Gulfstream, Lockheed Martin and Boeing have also developed concepts for a commercial supersonic aircraft; all three were candidates in a competition for the X-54 project, but as of 2012 NASA lacked the funds to continue the project.
Although Gulfstream announced little about the X-54 project, it was made public at the National Business Aircraft Association in 2008 that Gulfstream's work on advanced technology for supersonic flight has been going on for some time and that a complete aircraft has been developed on which " possibly X-54 will stand ".
At the end of 2012 there were indications that Gulfstream would soon present a design for a quiet supersonic business aircraft; first drawings of it appeared in December 2012.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.spacedaily.com/news/plane-sonic-02b.html
- ↑ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/Quiet_Spike/Quiet_Spike_proj_desc.html
- ↑ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/SSBD/SSBD_proj_desc.html
- ↑ http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/faint_sonic_booms.html
- ↑ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/Features/WSPR_research_complete.html
- ^ Quiet, Efficient Supersonics Within Sight? ( Memento from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/nbaa-gulfstream-very-close-to-supersonic-business-jet-design-378243
- ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/gulfstream-reveals-new-supersonic-aircraft-inlet-designs-in-patent-filings-380364