NASA's quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft completed its second test flight, marking the start of an expanded flight campaign ...

After more than two decades of silence in the skies following the retirement of Concorde, supersonic passenger flight is probably staging a comeback. Leading this new chapter is Boom Supersonic, an ...

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby gives Boom Supersonic's Overture a 50-50 chance to fly. Skeptics write off the concept.

How NASA used the F-4 Phantom II for unusual research, from biomedical monitoring flights and monkey experiments to sonic ...

LOS ANGELES - Boom Supersonic is setting out to redefine commercial travel by bringing supersonic speed to flights. According to the company, founded in 2014 by Blake Scholl, its vision is to bring ...

NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight ...

A render of the X-59 quiet supersonic airplane flying above the desert. - Lockheed Martin For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound has meant speeding across the skies in an aircraft that ...

America currently remains ahead of China when it comes to airplanes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, according to Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl. "I think aviation has always been seen ...

The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project (LBFD) is part of NASA's effort to help enable new aircraft noise standards that are ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft began its 1-hr. 7-min. first flight on Oct. 28 upon lifting off from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Credit: Carla Thomas/NASA As the ...

As residents of Chicago learned last week, sonic booms can cause damage such as broken windows, minor structural damage, and psychological unsettlement. While a sonic boom can be awe-inspiring—and ...