When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

NASA's 'quiet' supersonic jet is getting ready to take off NASA is continuing development of the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to make sonic booms quieter. The X-59 is not ...

Boom will now shift its attentions toward developing Overture, its supersonic passenger jet.

Boom Supersonic passed a major milestone last month when its XB-1 prototype became the first civil aircraft to break the ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...

NASA has completed the engine ground tests on its supersonic jet, which is expected to take to skies later this year. The X-59 jet is Nasa and Lockheed Martin’s joint offering, which the ...

A startup wants to revive the Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out, without the noisy boom and the up to ...

The F-35 is billed as the most advanced fighter jet ever made. In a significant boost to defence cooperation between the ...

CHINA has unveiled its latest supersonic drone which reportedly could fly passengers at twice the speed of Concorde. The superfast aircraft, dubbed “Monkey King”, aims to reach a top ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has broken the sound barrier, paving the way for faster commercial flights if future tests succeed.

The scaled-down prototype, nicknamed the "Baby Boom", broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight over ...

Despite all these technological advances, a supersonic aircraft still cannot beat physics. Shock waves, and their associated drag, will still exist. So, a single supersonic aircraft will still produce ...