Boom Supersonic is one step closer to launching the spiritual heir to the Concorde. The US firm's XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025. The ...

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet looks ready for some serious speed in new photos. Lockheed Martin has been building the X-59 for NASA, as part of a project to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft that can ...

United Airlines has revealed its aim to reintroduce supersonic commercial flights by 2029, potentially triggering a revolution in the aviation industry. This endeavor, while ambitious, explores an ...

(CNN) — The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a major milestone was achieved on January 28 when Boom Supersonic completed its first ...

Less than a year from the maiden flight, the first civil supersonic jet made by a private company aims to demonstrate technologies to pave the way for the return of supersonic airliners. The XB-1 ...

Flight is a difficult notion to wrap your head around. Additional complexities, such as how tricky helicopter landings are performed or the mechanics of supersonic flight further complicate our ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Vivien Wang. Despite Concorde’s demise, the dream of supersonic travel never faded into ...

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert just after sunrise in what could be the first step ...

Boom Supersonic rolls into this year’s Farnborough show one-and-a-half years after embarking on an in-house project to develop an engine for its conceptual supersonic airliner Overture. Taking the ...

Although few people ever get the chance to travel at the speed of sound, it is an alluring flight goal and an impressive technological feat. Though average people have flown at high speeds on ...

Faster planes require more fuel, and alternatives may not be the climate solution the industry hopes for. Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, marking an ...

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