The program, which will also be held in Wallis and Futuna, will also be attended by Australian combat engineers, military police, health teams and planning personnel.
Over the coming weeks, testing will ramp up until the Lockheed Martin vehicle is travelling at a speed just short of the point where it will take off. Once complete, the X-59 will then progress to a first test flight.
All three occupants of the experimental Morgan Cougar Mk 1, VH-LDV – 20-year-old pilot Luke Smith; his younger brother Ben, 16; and cousin Dusty Daly, 15 – were killed when it crashed into a paddock near West Sale Airport on 16 November 2024.
The program, which will also be held in Wallis and Futuna, will also be attended by Australian combat engineers, military police, health teams and planning personnel.