Microphone Station for CarpetDIEM Flight Series

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.

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.

Photographer NASA/Lauren Hughes
Location AFRC
Armstrong Flight Research CenterAFRCNASASupersonicQuiet Supersonic TechnologyX-planesX-59X-59 QueSSTFlightVolpeAeronauticsMojaveCaliforniaF-18F A-18LaRCLangley Research CenterVolpeTransporationMicrophonesLow Boom Flight DemonstratorARMDMicrophone ArrayEdwards Air Force BaseCarpetDIEMCommercial Supersonic TechnologyCST Project