This future
aircraft design concept for supersonic flight over land comes from the team led
by the Lockheed Martin Corporation.
The team's
simulation shows possibility for achieving overland flight by dramatically
lowering the level of sonic booms through the use of an "inverted-V"
engine-under wing configuration. Other revolutionary technologies help achieve
range, payload and environmental goals.
This
concept is one of two designs presented in April 2010 to the NASA Aeronautics
Research Mission Directorate for its NASA Research Announcement-funded studies
into advanced supersonic cruise aircraft that could enter service in the
2030-2035 timeframe.