{"id":10027,"date":"2026-11-05T14:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:56:28","slug":"nasa-experimental-x-70-fractal-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10027","title":{"rendered":"The X-70 is NASA\u2019s next experimental X-plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-announces-x-70-experimental-aircraft-to-advance-flight-research\/\">NASA announced the latest addition to its X-series<\/a> of experimental aircraft that have included the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier nearly 80 years ago, and the more recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/5\/15\/24157749\/nasas-quiet-supersonic-airplane-is-getting-closer-to-taking-flight\">X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator<\/a>. The new X-70 Fractal is designed to be a \u201chigh-performance, highly adaptable research platform\u201d that NASA can use as a testbed for the development and testing of next-generation aviation technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The agency only released an AI-generated image of the X-70 shrouded in smoke and shadows, but confirmed several of the plane\u2019s capabilities. It will be a crewed aircraft with a cruising speed of Mach .75 that can reach altitudes of up to 45,000 feet and will provide an \u201coperational range exceeding about 1,726 miles.\u201d The X-70 will be able to carry up to 2,000 pounds of experimental equipment either inside or outside the aircraft, and will feature \u201cadvanced, rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to explore aircraft maneuverability in ways never before demonstrated in crewed flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cThe X-70 Fractal gives NASA a crewed, high-performance platform to test advanced flight-control, maneuverability, and other cutting-edge technologies in real flight,\u201d said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. \u201cIts modular design and ability to rapidly swap internal and external payloads will keep our teams flying, learning, and moving quickly from one experiment to the next. We expect her first flight under the NASA banner within the next two years, and X-70 is just one part of this new beginning for aeronautics.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1027426\/nasa-experimental-x-70-fractal-aircraft\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday NASA announced the latest addition to its X-series of experimental aircraft that have included the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier nearly 80 years ago, and the more recent X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator. 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