No visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum is complete without stepping aboard one of the world’s most iconic aircraft, the ...

NASA and Boom Supersonic capture a stunning image of the XB-1 aircraft breaking the sound barrier using the Sun as a backdrop ...

NASA’s Quesst Mission aims to develop a new supersonic jet that produces quiet sonic booms, allowing for faster-than-sound ...

The legendary Concorde and the Soviet Tu‑144 were both capable of cruising at roughly twice the speed of sound, making for dramatically fast flight times. Boom’s Overture is designed for a slower ...

A new hypersonic engine developed in China could revolutionize air travel by reducing long-haul flight times to mere minutes.

Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, but its 990 Coronado was one of the fastest planes of the 1960s. Why was ...

NASA captures a historic image of the XB-1 supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier without a loud boom, marking a breakthrough.

But while the successful test flight of XB-1 shows that supersonic flight without sonic booms is technically feasible, the ...

Sonic booms have long been a barrier to overland supersonic flights. The Concorde was banned from virtually every country in the world because of the thundering noise. Only the US, Great Britain, and ...

The Colorado-based company says specialized photography from NASA shows the shock waves as Boom’s supersonic demonstrator ...