The experimental aircraft has begun a series of low-speed taxi tests at contractor Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in ...

The X-59 jet, dubbed the “son of Concorde,” is one step closer to takeoff after the experimental aircraft taxied on a ...

NASA scientists are advancing supersonic parachutes with advanced sensors to make it more reliable and safer at delivering ...

I went on board the first Concorde prototype, and one of the last built, at a Paris museum. Boom's Overture means supersonic ...

Supersonic commercial travel became a reality after Concorde began flights with British Airways and Air France in January ...

Supersonic flight began with dangerous experiments in the 20th century and culminated in Chuck Yeager breaking the sound ...

The accident-prone North American F-100 Super Sabre broke the sound barrier in 1953, setting the stage for an arms race from ...

Entering the Supersonic Age The Convair B-58 Hustler roared into the U.S. Air Force arsenal in 1960, making history as A ...

The main benefit of supersonic travel is the reduction in flight time. A three-hour flight across the Atlantic could make a day trip possible from the U.S. to London or Paris, essentially saving ...

Boom Supersonic doesn’t plan to fly supersonically over land. Its plan is to fly over land at Mach 0.94, which it claims will allow 20% faster overland travel than standard passenger airliners ...

The shutdown of Aerion Supersonic last month should not have come as a surprise to anyone who had given a modest amount of thought to what the Reno, Nev.-based company was aiming to do with its ...