The Vickers Swallow was decades ahead of its time—but it never left the drawing board. Designed in the 1950s as both a ...

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...

MOJAVE, California—High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture ...

Ever since the Concorde stopped flying, aviation buffs have dreamed of a civilian supersonic plane. Now there's been a ...

The Overture supersonic aircraft is being designed to carry 65 ... Overture will be powered by four wing-mounted engines that also enable the airliner to cruise just under Mach 1 over land.

Related: Supersonic passenger planes 1 step closer ... a novel plane design has been deemed commercially risky. Blended-wing aircraft, by contrast, can reduce fuel consumption and be quieter ...

NASA/Steve Freeman NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at ... an aerodynamic nest of sorts directly behind the wing, and no fewer than three additional horizontal ...

It features a variable-sweep wing design and has a maximum ... The Tupolev Tu-22M is another Soviet-era supersonic long-range strategic bomber inherited by the Russian Federation that remains ...