Larson Details Chief Test Pilot Work

NASA pilot Nils Larson evaluates software in the X-59 simulator that could predict where sonic booms would be felt on the ground and the intensity.

NASA pilot Nils Larson evaluates software in the X-59 simulator that could predict where sonic booms would be felt on the ground and the intensity.

Photographer NASA/Lauren Hughes
Location AFRC
AFRCArmstrong Flight Research CenterDavid Nils LarsonX-59Low-Boom Flight DemonstratorAutomatic Collision Avoidance TechnologyACATAutomatic Ground Collision Avoidance SystemAuto GCASpilotF A-18Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018QSF18