China say the C949 could reduce Britain to New York journey time from the usual seven hours to less than half that, making ...

In January 2025, Boom's experimental XB-1 became the first civil supersonic jet made in the United States to break the sound ...

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

NASA's X-59 supersonic aircraft. Starting in 2025, the Quesst mission will see the X-59 fly over some U.S. cities and ask residents to share how they respond to the sound, NASA said.

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

The agency says its Quesst mission has successfully reduced the noise of supersonic aircraft from loud sonic booms to a quiet "thump" with the X-59.

But it remains the only plane to achieve supersonic commercial flight. From 1976 to 2003, this fleet of 14 aircraft shuttled passengers across the Atlantic Ocean in a few hours at speeds above ...

Boom's supersonic XB-1 test jet has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to fly past Mach 1, the company announced. Tests are slated to take place later this year at the Black ...

Concept art of the painted X-59 aircraft in its hangar. Illustration: NASA NASA’s freshly painted X-59 aircraft will be rolled out of its hangar on Friday, January 12, in the lead-up to its ...

NASA awarded $100,000 to University of Miami’s Gecheng Zha for his “supersonic bi-directional flying wing” or SBiDir-FW concept last week. Most planes need a large wingspan to become ...