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NASA tests 30-mile-long microphone array in preparation for X-59

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NASA has deployed an approximately 30-mile-long array of specially-configured microphones in the Mojave Desert as part of a flight series in preparation for the X-59’s testing.

One of multiple microphone stations used in the CarpetDIEM flight series, which gave researchers valuable lessons learned in preparations to deploy a similar array for the quiet supersonic X-59. Prior to community overflights, X-59 will undergo an acoustic validation phase, during which NASA will deploy the array of specially-configured microphones to measure the X-59’s thumps, in order to verify that they are as quiet as predicted.

Credits: NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes

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Delivery of Philippine’s two AH-1s delayed

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Manila has been forced to push back the delivery of two AH-1s from Jordan as the personnel are still undergoing training in Jordan.

A Jordanian Armed Forces AH-1 Cobra participate in Exercise Eager Lion 18. Eager Lion is a major exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)

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