NASA imemezele ukuthi isebenza nayo Lockheed Martin kuphrojekthi entsha yendiza yendiza yezentengiselwano ekwazi ukwephula isivinini somsindo ngaphandle kokukhiqiza i-sonic boom edume kabi.
Noma iyiphi into ehamba emkhathini ngokushesha kunejubane lomsindo ikhiqiza igagasi lokuthuthumela elihumusheka emsindweni omkhulu ofana nokuqhuma noma ukuduma kwezulu okubizwa ngokuthi i-sonic boom, ethinta indawo enkulu, evame ukugcwala kakhulu indawo eqhele ngamamayela amaningi ukusuka endizeni ngokwayo.
Ama-sonic booms abeyinkinga enkulu yokuhamba emoyeni kwezentengiselwano futhi kwaphoqa i-Concorde eminingi - izindiza zabagibeli ze-turbojet zaseBrithani-French ezazisebenza phakathi kuka-1976 no-2003 - izindiza ukuthi zehlise isivinini emhlabeni ziye ngaphansi kwejubane lomsindo.
Indiza entsha, ebizwa nge-X-59, ithuthukiswa ngabakwa- Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, and NASA ibika imiphumela yokuhlola “ekhuthazayo” yomhubhe womoya emodelini encane yendiza yayo entsha. T
Ukuhlola kuqinisekise izilinganiso zangaphambilini ze-NASA zokufanisa ikhompuyutha ezibonisa ukuthi indiza entsha ingase ikhiqize amazinga aphansi kakhulu omsindo, kusho le nhlangano.
Iphrojekthi ye-X-59 'Quiet SuperSonic Technology' (QueSST) isathuthukiswa okungenani kusukela ngo-2018. I-ejensi yasemkhathini inikeze u-$247.5 wezigidi ukuze Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works njengengxenye yephrojekthi. Indiza engumphumela ye-X-59 esathuthukiswa yaklanywa ukuba ibe nejubane lokuhamba ngomkhumbi elingu-925 mph, okuyizikhathi ezingu-1.4 ngaphezu kwejubane lomsindo.
Nge-X-59, sifuna ukukhombisa ukuthi singakwazi ukunciphisa ama-sonic boom acasulayo abe entweni ethulile, ebizwa ngokuthi 'ama-sonic thumps,'” kusho u-John Wolter, umcwaningi oholayo ekuhlolweni kwe-X-59 sonic boom wind-tunnel.
“Umgomo uwukuhlinzeka ngemininingwane yomsindo nempendulo yomphakathi kubalawuli, okungase kuphumele emithethweni emisha yendiza ye-overland supersonic. Ukuhlola kwafakazela ukuthi asinakho nje ukwakheka kwezindiza ezithule, kodwa futhi sinamathuluzi anembile adingekayo ukuze sibikezele umsindo wendiza yesikhathi esizayo,” kwengeza uWolter.
NASA kanye no-Lockheed Martin balindele ukuqala ukuhlolwa kwendiza yokuqala ngasekupheleni kuka-2022. Njengamanje, imodeli yejethi ephelele yenza ukuhlolwa kokuqina esikhungweni saseTexas, kusho le nhlangano. Izindiza "ezingaphezu kwemiphakathi yase-US" zizoqala ngo-2024, kwengeza.
