NASA's recently-retired SOFIA airborne observatory aircraft, the "flying telescope," also called Plant 42 home. The agency's ...

Swift Engineering used HyperX software to remove 100 pounds from 38-foot graphite/epoxy cored nose cone for X-59 supersonic ...

NASA's X-59 starts taxi tests, a key step toward supersonic flight, aiming to revolutionize commercial aviation with quieter technology.

The X-59’s transition from taxi testing to flight represents the next phase in a several-decade pursuit of rendering supersonic travel over land practical and acceptable.

NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun initial taxi tests of the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft, marking another step toward its long-anticipated first flight. The aircraft moved ...

The X-59’s first taxi test was not merely a technical run-through; it was a public show of how engineering wizardry could perhaps, at last, subdue the thundering sonic boom. Supersonic flight ...

The X-59 itself was built by L ockheed Martin Skunk Works in California and is slated to make its first historic flight sometime this year.

Their approval promises to drastically cut travel times, driving technological innovation and a global competition that could ...

According to British Airways, a typical London to New York crossing would take a little less than three and a half hours on ...

If the plans materialise and the striking-looking plane hits the market, it could be the first superfast commercial jets ...

The space plane’s test flight will advance development of a new navigation technology based on electromagnetic wave ...

NASA researchers have been using a tiny aircraft dubbed “Son of Concorde” in trials to assess the impact of supersonic flights on residents. The tests took place in a wind tunnel in ...