Supersonic flight refers to aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound, approximately Mach one at sea level, or ...

New Delhi: In January, a test jet pierced the skies 35,000 ft above Mojave Desert and became the first privately funded aircraft to break the sound barrier. American manufacturer Boom Supersonic’s ...

In December, Congress is expected to review legislation that would end the FAA's 52-year restriction on commercial supersonic flight over land. A reversal of the ban could have big implications for ...

On a hot and humid July day in 2003, a pair of small supersonic jet airplanes took off together from Cecil Field, a former naval air station on the eastern edge of Jacksonville, FL. Even though the ...

Shush! The era of quiet supersonic air travel is upon us. After years of development and setbacks, aeronautical engineers in the US flew the X-59, a “revolutionary” experimental aircraft designed to ...

Supersonic startup with big plans for Greensboro hit major milestone in 2025, unearthed new sources of funding.

The X-59 quiet supersonic jet, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), successfully completed its first test flight in California on Tuesday, paving the way for faster commercial air travel. The ...

The NFL is looking toward supersonic flight in order to help their European dreams come true. NFL executives have been monitoring the progress that aerospace companies such as Boom Supersonic and ...

PALMDALE, Calif., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet ...

Supersonic air travel feels simultaneously like our past and our future. Although it may have once seemed like an impossible feat, engineers cracked the code and broke the sound barrier back in 1947.

Concorde made history and continues to influence the industry, even though it was a government-funded enterprise.

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, today announced a backlog of more than $1.25 billion for its Superpower turbine and revealed its launch customer, Crusoe. The ...