While the Concorde is often hailed as a triumph of modern engineering, the first supersonic transport to ever fly was ...

If you know anything about supersonic passenger airliners, you'll know only one of them managed to be any good at their job. That being the Anglo-French Concorde, an airplane that hasn't flown in ...

In 1962, the British and French governments announced the world's first supersonic aircraft: the Concorde. To compete with ...

Ever since the Concorde was retired, civilian air transportation was left without any means of going past the speed of sound. But even when the Concorde was around, supersonic travel was only ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...

THE U.S. has seldom been reluctant to embrace either technological change or the challenge of great national projects. It is a sign of the questioning times that disquiet now attends a project of just ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California during sunrise, shortly after completion of painting. NASA’s newest X-plane ...

Flying faster than the speed of sound has always had a hitch: the sonic boom that generates shock waves for miles away, rattling windows, tripping car alarms and wreaking environmental havoc. U.S.

Boom Supersonic has announced a three-year, $60 million investment by the US Air Force that will aid in the development of its commercial Overture jet. The company would also be using the money to ...

Aviation startup Boom Supersonic is teaming up with defense behemoth Northrop Grumman to create a military version of its Overture supersonic transport. The aircraft will be available as a “special ...

Los Angeles-based startup Exosonic will develop a concept for a purpose-built, supersonic unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a 15-month, $750,000 U.S. Air Force contract, the company announced Oct.

Boom Supersonic’s Overture aircraft will be powered by a new propulsion system developed by Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT), GE Additive and StandardAero. The engine, called ‘Symphony’, will be a ...