Will passengers ever break the sound barrier again? - Exclusive: Zoom may make life difficult for Boom, the most serious ...

Late last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator ...

The unpiloted Aurora lifted off from a conventional runway at the Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre in New Zealand, ...

What’s next for supersonic flight? Since 2003, there haven’t been any commercial supersonic flights, but that doesn’t mean no one is trying to return to the speedy glory days.

Meanwhile, work on the Boeing 2707, a larger and faster supersonic airliner, was scrapped in 1971. The Soviet Union's Tupolev Tu-144 made its maiden flight just two months before Concorde.

The final two of the XB-1's 13 test flights reached supersonic speeds, or those faster than the speed of sound. What Boom Supersonic discovered on those tests on Jan. 28 and Feb. 10, 2025, was ...

During the dry run at NASA Armstrong, an F-15B aircraft, serving as a substitute for the X-59, flew faster than the speed of ...

In light of these developments, on June 6th President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Leading the World in Supersonic Flight which directs the FAA to repeal 14 CFR 91.817 within 180 days.

That will be important for the company and supersonic air travel as a whole. During the sonic boom tests over OKC in 1964, the flights would rattle dishes and occasionally frighten residents.

NASA scientists are advancing supersonic parachutes with advanced sensors to make it more reliable and safer at delivering ...