Avionics
Collins Delivers Avionics for NASA's Supersonic X-59
Based on the Collins Proline Fusion, the X-59 avionics were designed to account for the aircraft's lack of forward-looking windows.
Collins tailored an avionics suite based on the Pro Line Fusion system for the X-59 that includes SVS and EVS to help account for the lack of forward-looking windows. (Photo: Collins Aerospace)
Collins tailored an avionics suite based on the Pro Line Fusion system for the X-59 that includes SVS and EVS to help account for the lack of forward-looking windows. (Photo: Collins Aerospace)

Collins Aerospace has handed over the avionics system for NASA's  X-59, bringing the Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) research aircraft a step closer to its first flight in 2022. Being built at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, the X-59 will be used to conduct sonic boom trials over various population centers to generate noise data that could be used to ultimately develop new international standards for supersonic transport.


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